How to Cite Sources in Chicago Manual of Style Format

Cite a book., Cite a chapter in a book., Cite an electronic book., Cite a journal article (print)., Cite a journal article (online)., Cite a magazine article., Cite a newspaper article., Cite a website.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Cite a book.

    Zimmer, Gary.
    1999.

    The biological farmer.

    Chicago:
    University of Chicago Press.

    Beckham, Todd, ed.
    1951.

    The soccer chronicles.

    Chicago:
    University of Chicago Press.
  2. Step 2: Cite a chapter in a book.

    Lowell, Frederick.
    2006. "Why I Tried:
    The Mentality Behind a Crime." In The criminal mind, ed.

    Frank Alden, 101–2.

    Chicago:
    University of Chicago Press. , Kamp, John C. and Alison Norris, eds.
    1987.

    The lawn mowing guide San Diego:
    Green Press. http://greenpress.com/lawnmowing/. , Fargo, Peter Paul.
    2007.

    The facts of life.

    Philosophy 126:450-22. , Hennessy, Thomas W., Craig W.

    Hedberg, Laurence Slutsker, Karen E.

    White, John M.

    Besser-Wiek, Michael E.

    Moen, John Feldman, William W.

    Coleman, Larry M.

    Edmonson, Kristine L.

    MacDonald, and Michael T.

    Osterholm.
    2002.

    A national outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections from ice cream.

    The New England Journal of Medicine 287, no. 5 (February 6), http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/334/20/1281. , Doe, Jane.
    2002.

    What it feels like to be the real Jane Doe." Reality, May
    6. , Lachmund, Miles S.
    2002.

    German chef recreates childhood soup for neighbors.

    New York Times, June 20, Food section, Midwest edition. , Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees.

    Evanston Public Library strategic plan, 2000–2010:
    A decade of outreach.

    Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html.
  3. Step 3: Cite an electronic book.

  4. Step 4: Cite a journal article (print).

  5. Step 5: Cite a journal article (online).

  6. Step 6: Cite a magazine article.

  7. Step 7: Cite a newspaper article.

  8. Step 8: Cite a website.

Detailed Guide

Zimmer, Gary.
1999.

The biological farmer.

Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

Beckham, Todd, ed.
1951.

The soccer chronicles.

Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

Lowell, Frederick.
2006. "Why I Tried:
The Mentality Behind a Crime." In The criminal mind, ed.

Frank Alden, 101–2.

Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. , Kamp, John C. and Alison Norris, eds.
1987.

The lawn mowing guide San Diego:
Green Press. http://greenpress.com/lawnmowing/. , Fargo, Peter Paul.
2007.

The facts of life.

Philosophy 126:450-22. , Hennessy, Thomas W., Craig W.

Hedberg, Laurence Slutsker, Karen E.

White, John M.

Besser-Wiek, Michael E.

Moen, John Feldman, William W.

Coleman, Larry M.

Edmonson, Kristine L.

MacDonald, and Michael T.

Osterholm.
2002.

A national outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections from ice cream.

The New England Journal of Medicine 287, no. 5 (February 6), http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/334/20/1281. , Doe, Jane.
2002.

What it feels like to be the real Jane Doe." Reality, May
6. , Lachmund, Miles S.
2002.

German chef recreates childhood soup for neighbors.

New York Times, June 20, Food section, Midwest edition. , Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees.

Evanston Public Library strategic plan, 2000–2010:
A decade of outreach.

Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html.

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