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Summer Language and Global Issues Institute

Summer 2016 - Professor Sippy

Style Guides

Basic Citation Patterns in Chicago - Notes and Bibliography

Periodicals (newspapers, journals, magazines)

1. Firstname A. Lastname and Firstname B. Lastname. " "Title of article," Title of periodical, xx, no.x (year): pp-pp.
Lastname, Firstname A., Firstname B. Lastname, and Firstname C. Lastname. "Title of article," Title of periodical, xx, no.x (year): pp-pp., doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx.

example:
1. Jamie A. Smith, et al., "I Love Citation," All About Citation 21, no.1 (2012):1-10.
Smith, Jamie A., Arnold B. Miller, & Jose P. Rodriguez. "I Love Citation," All About Citation 21, no.1(2012): 1-10.

Books and book chapters

Author, A.A. (year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

Author, A.A. (year). Title of work. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx

Editor, A.A. (Ed.). (2012). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

example:
Jones, A.B. (Ed.). (2012). My book about citation. Minneapolis: Awesome publisher.

Research report

Author, A.A. (year). Title of work (Report No. xxx). Location: Publisher.

Author, A.A. (year). Title of work (Report No. xxx). Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx

example:
Henry, J.L. (2012). My research report for this committee (Writing Committee Series No. 1). Retrieved from http://www.awesomereports.com.

Data Sets

Creator, A.A. (year). Title of dataset [Data file and code book]. Retrieved from http://www.datasetssources.org.

example:
The World Bank. (2012). World Development Indicators (2012). Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators

Audiovisual Media

Producer, A.A. (Producer), & Director, B.B. (Director). (Year). Title of motion picture. Country of Origin: Studio.

example:
Miller, A.A. (Producer), & Miller, B.B. (Director). (2012). Our fantastic movie. United States: Best Movies.