Chicago Citation Guide

This quick reference guide contains guidelines for the most common citations needed in Chicago style. If your source does not match any of these, please consult the Purdue OWL Chicago guide or any of the resources listed at the end of this guide for more information.

Footnote Example

Author First Name Last Name, Title of book, (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), page number.

Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (New York: Viking Press, 1958), 128.

Works Cited Page Example

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: Viking Press, 1958.

Footnote Example

Author First Name Last Name, "Title of article," Title of journal/periodical, Volume no. Issue (Year): page number, accessed Month Day, Year. DOI or URL.

Susan Peck MacDonald, “The Erasure of Language,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 619, accessed December 4, 2017, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Works Cited Page Example

Author First Name Last Name, "Title of article," Title of journal/periodical, Volume no. Issue (Year): page range. Accessed Month Day, Year.DOI or URL.

MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625. Accessed December 4, 2017. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Footnote Example

Author First Name Last Name, "Title of page," Title of Website, Publisher, Publication or revision date (access date if neither available), URL.

Richard Kimberly Heck, “About the Philosophical Gourmet Report,” last modified August 5, 2016, http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.

Works Cited Page Example

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of page." Title of Website. Publisher, Publication or revision date (access date if neither available). URL.

Heck, Richard Kimberly. “About the Philosophical Gourmet Report.” Last modified August 5, 2016. http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.