Chicago Citation Practice
Let’s look at some examples. Keep in mind, these are just a few examples, so it’s important to look at the UNCG citation guide and the Chicago Manual of Style for more specifics based on the type of source you’re citing. For the purpose of this practice page, reflecting how the UNCG citation guide is formatted, the examples will have a letter that will note what system is being shown. “N” will show notes and “B” will show the bibliographic entry under the Notes & Bibliography example. Note how the “N” example will have a number in front, corresponding to the correct raised number in the text. “IT” will show in-text citations and “R” will show the reference entry in the author-date system. You should include an “accessed” date only if you’re required to include this by your publisher or discipline. Please remember to properly indent, as these examples don’t necessarily match Chicago-style indentation formatting.
Book by a single author:
Notes & Bibliography:
N: 1. James McMichael, Capacity (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006), 54.
B: McMichael, James. Capacity. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Author-date:
IT: (McMichael 2006, 54)
R: McMichael, James. 2006. Capacity. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Article in an online journal with a DOI:
Notes & Bibliography with a DOI:
A DOI is a digital object identifier, and you should include this if the journal lists one. This is a permanent ID that when added to http://dx.doi.org/ will bring you to the article. If you aren’t able to find the DOI, include the URL. Refer back to the UNCG citation guide for more examples.
Notes & Bibliography:
N: 2. Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem, “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality,” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 9–10, https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
B: Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
Author-date:
IT: (Keng, Lin, and Orazem 2017, 9–10)
R: Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
Websites
Notes & Bibliography:
N: 9. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, “Arts Directory,” North Carolina Arts Council, http://www.ncarts.org/arts_directory.cfm?menu_sel=2 (accessed November 30, 2006).
B: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. “Arts Directory.” North Carolina Arts Council. http://www.ncarts.org/arts_directory.cfm?menu_sel=2.Accessed November 30, 2006.
Author-date:
IT: (North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources)
R: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Arts Directory. North Carolina Arts Council. http://www.ncarts.org/arts_directory.cfm?menu_sel=2. Accessed November 30, 2006.
Please remember that this UNCG Libraries tutorial system does not support hanging indent, but your bibliography citations should include a hanging indent!
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