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Chicago Manual of Style -- Author - Date References

Articles in journals, magazines and newspapers

      

Reference List

Author. Date. "Article Title." Journal Title
       Volume number (issue number): page range
.

 

Reference List

Brenner, Philip S. 2011. "Exceptional Behavior or Exceptional
       Identity? Overreporting of Church Attendance in the U.S."
       Public Opinion Quarterly 75 (1): 377-85.

        Always include the page range in the reference list, if it is available. A specific page reference is included in the text. The volume number follows the italicized journal title with no punctuation.

Journals

--- with volume number and issue number

       (Olson 2006, 25)

        Olson, Hope A. 2006.  "Codes, Costs, and Critiques: The Organization of Information in Library Quarterly,            
                 1931-2004." Library Quarterly 76 (1): 19-35. 

---- with volume number and month/season

     (Jovanovic and Rousseau 2008, 140)

       Jovanovic, Boyan, and Peter L. Rousseau. 2008. "Specific Capital and Technological Variety."
              Journal of Human Capital 2 (Summer ):129-52.

--- with volume number,  issue number and month/season in date

♦      (Batson 1990, 339)

        Batson, C. Daniel. 1990.  “How Social an Animal? The Human Capacity for Caring.” American
               Psychologist
45, no. 3 (March ): 336–46.

--- with issue number only or season only (a comma follows the journal title.)

     (Beattie 1974)

        Beattie, J.M. 1974. "The Pattern of Crime in England, 1660-1800." Past and Present, no. 62:
              47-95.

     (Saberhagen 1928, 30)

       Saberhagen, Kelvin. 1928.  “Lake Superior Beluga?” Sturgeon Review, Winter: 21-45.    

---- by multiple authors

       (Schuman and Scott 1987)

         Schuman, Howard, and Jacqueline Scott. 1987. "Problems in the Use of Survey Questions to Measure Public
                  Opionion."
Science 236: 957-59.

      (Ikenberry, Lakonshok, and Vermaelen 1995)

        Ikenberry, David L., Josef Lakonishok, and Theo Vermaelen. 1995.  "Market underreaction to open market share
                 repurchases." Journal of Financial Economics 39, 181-208.

 ♦    (Schonen et al. 2009) (works with more than three authors)

---  accessed online ( with DOI / URL)

       (Olson 2006, 25)

        Olson, Hope A. 2006.  "Codes, Costs, and Critiques: The Organization of Information in Library Quarterly,            
                 1931-2004." Library Quarterly 76 (1): 19-35. doi: 10.1086/504343. 

                                                                                                                                                                           
Magazines (usually cited by date only, even if numbered by volume and issue)

         The periodical in the example below, The New Republic, has both volume and issue numbers, but only the date is given in reference list. Repeat the year of publication with the month and day to avoid any confusion.

♦     (Kaufmann 1989, 24)

       Kaufmann, Stanley. 1989. "Stanley Kaufmann on Films: Turbulent Lives." The New Republic, Oct 09, 1989, 24-25. 

♦    Online access 
      (Smith and Johnson 2020)

      Smith, Richard M., and Jason Johnson. 2020. "Patterns of Climate Change." Journal of ABC , January 6, 2020.  
              https://climate.change.org.

Newspapers
          Citations may include "final edition," "Midwest edition," etc. and section number such as sec. 1 or section title. A city name, if not part of the title of a local newspaper, should be added. The name of the state may be added in parentheses if needed. Repeat the year of publication with the month and day to avoid any confusion.
 ♦      (Lam 2020)
         Lam, Kristin. 2020. "Turlock Widow Sues Safeway for Husband's COVID-19 Death." Sacramento Bee, The (CA),
                 June 5, 3B. 
  ♦      (Mashal and Huylebroek 2020)
            Mashal, Mujib, and Jim Huylebroek. 2020. "Naming the Dead, Even as the Audience Slowly Dwindles: [Foreign
                 Desk]." New York Times, Jun 09, 2020.
International.
      Online newspapers
  ♦     (Rodriguez 2020)
           Rodriguez,  Carmen Heredia. 2020.  "For EMTs, there's no 'Rule Book' for Facing a Pandemic and Protests at
                  Once."
Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2020. https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-06-09/risks-for-emts-
                  facing-coronavirus-and-protests.

    ♦     If a newspaper article is unsigned, the title of the newspaper stands in place of the author.

   

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