Chicago Style Citation Guide: Notes-Bibliography

 (Recommended for Literature, History, and the Arts)

This guide is based on The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (University of Chicago Press, 2003). Examples are shown for the Notes-Bibliography system recommended for literature, history, and the arts. Bibliography items are listed alphabetically at the end of the research paper. Notes (footnotes or endnotes) citations are placed in the body of the paper.

For additional examples, please consult The Chicago Manual of Style 15th ed. available in the reference collections of many OSU Library locations(call number Z253 .U69 2003) or refer to The Chicago Manual of Style Web site.

Books (One Author)
Books (Corporate or Organization Author)
Journal Article (One Author)
Journal Article (Two Authors)
Newspaper Article
Electronic Journal Article
Electronic Book
Thesis or Dissertation
Web Site

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Books (One Author)

Bibliography:
Yow, Valerie Raleigh. Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2005.

Note:
Valerie Raleigh Yow, Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2005), 102-3. 

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Books (Corporate or Organization Author)

Bibliography:
Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music. Library. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Best Collection of Autographs, in the Mary M. Vial Music Library of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Library, 1967.

Note:
Oberlin College, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Best Collection of Autographs, in the Mary M. Vial Music Library of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Library, 1967), 75-78. 

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Journal Article (One Author) 

Bibliography:
Banks, William. "A Secret Meeting in Boise." Midwestern Political Review 6 (1958): 27-31.

Note:
William Banks, "A Secret Meeting in Boise," Midwestern Political Review 6 (1958): 29. 

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Journal Article (Two Authors)

Bibliography:
Brown, Cecelia M., and Lina Ortega. "Information-seeking Behavior of Physical Science Librarians: Research and Practice." College & Research Libraries 66 (2005): 231-247.

Notes:
Cecelia M. Brown and Lina Ortega, "Information-seeking Behavior of Physical Science Librarians: Research and Practice," College & Research Libraries 66 (2005): 233. 

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Newspaper Article

Bibliography:
Zamiska, Nicholas and Nicholas Casey. "Toy Makers Face Dilemma Over Supplier." Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2007, Corporate Focus section.

Notes:
Nicholas Zamiska and Nicholas Casey, "Toy Makers Face Dilemma Over Supplier," Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2007, Corporate Focus section. 

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Electronic Journal Article

Bibliography:
Scott, Jonathan. "Advanced, Repressed, and Popular: Langston Hughes During the Cold War." College Literature 33, no. 2 (Spring 2006), http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=7&sid=615a204d-b42c-4ee7-b038-d2544a33ab8e%40sessionmgr8 (accessed July 29, 2007).

Notes:
Jonathan Scott, "Advanced, Repressed, and Popular: Langston Hughes During the Cold War," College Literature 33, no. 2 (2006), http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=7&sid=615a204d-b42c-4ee7-b038-d2544a33ab8e%40sessionmgr8 (accessed July 29, 2007). 

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Electronic Book

Bibliography:
Hartog, Hendrick. Man and Wife in America: A History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;;idno=heb04365 (accessed August 21, 2007).

Notes:
Hendrick Hartog, Man and Wife in America: A History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002), http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;;idno=heb04365 (accessed August 21, 2007). 

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Thesis or Dissertation

Bibliography:
Ryals, D. "Renaissance Speculation: Shakespeare and the Prehistory of Liberalis." (PhD diss., University of California, Irvine, 2006).

Notes:
D. Ryals, "Renaissance Speculation: Shakespeare and the Prehistory of Liberalis" (PhD diss., University of California, Irvine, 2006), 31-32.

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Web Site

Bibliography:
Rutgers University. "The National Marriage Project." http://marriage.rutgers.edu/ (accessed August 1, 2007).

Notes:
Rutgers University, "The National Marriage Project," http://marriage.rutgers.edu/.

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