Chicago Style Citation Guidelines. St. Louis Community College

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1 Chicago Style Citation Guidelines St. Louis Community College The history department at the St. Louis Community College commonly uses Chicago Style to cite references in history and the social sciences. Chicago Style is unique from the other styles because it requires a footnote as well as a bibliographic entry. The footnotes tend to cause the most confusion among students. However, MS Word makes it easier for students because it has a shortcut for creating footnotes. This summary explains how to create footnotes in Chicago Style using Word as well as how the bibliography is different from the footnotes and how to format it. It also provides examples of citations for the most commonly used sources as well as a section regarding the most frequently asked questions in the college s Writing Center about Chicago Style. The Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab and The Chicago Manual of Style, 16 th Edition) are both great sources for additional questions. There are numerous examples of citations in Chapters 14 and 15 of The Chicago Manual of Style, 16 th Edition. Please also seek guidance from your instructor or the Writing Center. When it comes to details regarding formatting, your instructor is always your final source. How to Create Footnotes in MS Word 1) Click on the place in the text where you want the reference number to appear. 2) Click on Reference. 3) Click on Insert Footnote. 4) Type in the text of your footnote. Please note that if you edit your copy, it will NOT affect your footnote. The program automatically moves the footnote. How Footnotes Are Different From the Bibliography In Chicago Style, the footnotes are similar to the bibliography because they reference the same material and, thus, include the same information. However, they are formatted a little differently and need to be done correctly. Follow the instructions above to place the footnote, and then be sure that you list the first name and then last name of the author in that order. In the bibliography, you will list the author s last name first, followed by a comma and the author s first name. For specific details regarding each type of reference, see each entry. The following entries illustrate how to footnote the source and how to display it in the bibliography. To create a hanging indent (which you will need to do for the bibliography) in MS Word, place your cursor on the first letter of the line that requires the hanging indention. Then go to the space

2 tool bar at the top of the page and click on the bottom arrow to move the line to the right. The arrow points up. Specific Citation Examples In all the following examples, we ve listed the citation in the format for footnotes first followed by the format for the bibliography. Please note the footnotes need to be indented and need a number in superscript first. You also should include the page number but not the date accessed if you obtained the material online. Bibliographic entries must be alphabetized, single spaced and each entry must have a double space between them. There is no number preceding the citation for the bibliography. The second and subsequent lines of the bibliographic entries require hanging indentions. Please also note the other subtle differences. Always ask your instructors if they want the URL included in the footnote or bibliographic entry. If in doubt, follow the examples listed here. Article in an Online Journal (citation examples show footnote first and bibliography second) To find online articles, use databases available from the St. Louis Community College Libraries. Go to or click on the link to STLCC Libraries in any Blackboard course. Click Articles (Databases) to see databases listed by subject or by database name and description, or click Ask a Librarian to chat or text with a librarian who can recommend the best one for your topic. Once you find an article, you can click on cite on the right hand side and the database will provide a bibliographic citation for you; just be sure to use the citation in Chicago Style Humanities. Footnote Example -- 1 Vanessa M. Gezari, When the Eggheads Went to War, Newsweek Global, 161, no. 29, August 16, 2013, Academic Search Elite, EBSCO host,16 Bibliography Example -- Gezari, Vanessa M. When the Eggheads Went to War. Newsweek Global 161, no. 29 (August 16, 2013): Academic Search Elite, EBSCO host (accessed September 17, 2013). Article in a Print Journal 1 Stephen Hadley and John Podesta, The Right Way Out of Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, July/August 2013, 41. Hadley, Stephen and John Podesta. The Right Way Out of Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs, July/August 2013.

3 Article in a Scholarly Journal (Please note that this is similar to the database model minus the URL) 2. Title of article 3. Title of journal 4. Volume and issue numbers 5. Date of publication 6. Page numbers 7. Date accessed Book (Anthology) 1 Military Analysis of the Civil War, eds. of Military Affairs, (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977), 53. Military Analysis of the Civil War, eds. of Military Affairs, Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, Book with One Author 2. Title and subtitle 3. City of publication (if not available, list state or country) 4. Publisher 5. Date of publication 6. Page numbers for notes 1 Rufus Phillips, Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned, (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2008), 17. Phillips, Rufus. Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, Book with More Than One Author 1 Jennifer D. Keene, Saul Cornell and Edward T. O Donnell, Visions of America, (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2013), 36. Keene, Jennifer D., Saul Cornell and Edward T. O Donnell. Visions of America. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2013.

4 Book Review 1 Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Learned, Publishers Weekly, 255, no. 34, (August 25, 2008): Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost. Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Learned. Publishers Weekly 255, no. 34 (August 25, 2008): Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost (accessed Aug. 20, 2013). Book Review (example 2) 1 Vowell s Way of Seeing, New York Times Book Review, (April 17, 2011): 6 Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost. Vowell s Way of Seeing. New York Times Book Review (April 17, 2011): 6 Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost (accessed August 20, 2013). Film 2000), film. 1 Roland Emmerich, dir., The Patriot, (Los Angeles, CA: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Roland Emmerich, dir. The Patriot. Los Angeles, CA: Columbia Pictures Corporation, 2000, film. Journal Article from a Database (such as EBSCOhost or others available online through the St. Louis Community College Website.) 2. Title of article 3. Title of journal 4. Volume and issue numbers 5. Date of publication 6. Page numbers for notes; page range for bibliography 7. URL (or indicate EBSCO host, Lexis/Nexis or other database) (date accessed) 1 Chester Pach, 2010, Our Worst Enemy Seems to Be the Press : TV News, the Nixon Administration, and U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Vietnam, Diplomatic History. 34, no. 3 (June 2010): Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost (accessed date).

5 Pach, Chester Our Worst Enemy Seems to Be the Press : TV News, the Nixon Administration, and U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Vietnam, Diplomatic History.34, no. 3 (June 2010): Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost (accessed date). Letter in a Published Collection of the letter 2. Recipient of the letter 3. Date of the letter 4. Title of the collection 5. Editor of the publication 6. City of the publication 7. Publisher 8. Date of publication 9. Page numbers 1 Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, 1848, Lincoln Speeches and Writings , Don E. Fehrenbacher, ed.,( New York, Literary Classics of the United States, 1989), Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, July 2, 1848, Lincoln Speeches and Writings , Don E. Fehrenbacher, ed., New York, Literary Classics of the United States, Magazine Article 1 John Lanchester, 1979 and All That: Margaret Thatcher s Revolution, The New Yorker, August 5, 2013, 68. Lanchester, John and All That: Margaret Thatcher s Revolution. The New Yorker, August 5, Newspaper Article 1 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Still Marching on Washington, 50 Years Later, New York Times, August 14, 2013, National section. Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. Still Marching on Washington, 50 Years Later. New York Times, August 14, National section.

6 Web Site Use the following direction for formatting a citation for material taken from a Web site. 2. Title of document 3. Title of site 4. Sponsor of site 5. URL (date accessed) 1 Vietnam War, History.com, A&E Television Networks, LLC., Vietnam War. History.com. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Revised September 2013 by Wildwood Writing Center