Most Commonly Needed Citation and Reference Information
- Use the Chicago Author-Date Style from The Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.).
Citations
- Use citations inside the paragraph. A citation after a quote looks like this: (Last Name Year, Page number) Example: “This is a quotation” (Smith 2018, 32).
- Do not use endnotes or footnotes to cite and reference sources.
- Do not use Ibid in any way or form in referencing sources.
- Do use an indented (or block) quotation for quotations over 40 words.
Reference Examples
Book references look like this:
Doe, Jane. 2018. Book Title: The Subtitle. Location: Publisher
Journal references look like this:
Smith, John. 2018. “Article Title: The Subtitle.” Journal Title in Full 10 (1): 30–40. doi:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Online article references look like this:
Baker, Michael. 2018. “Title of Article.” Newspaper, March 12. http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Websites without an author references look like this:
Title of Organization. 2018. “About Organization.” Accessed March 12. http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Conference references look like this:
Lopez, Elizabeth. 2018. “Title of Paper.” Presented at the annual meeting for the Society of XXXX, Location, February 21–24.
Workshop references look like this:
Jones, Mary. 2018. "Title of Lesson." Presented at the Organization XXXX workshop Title of Workshop, Location, January 3-4.
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