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HIST 232: Medieval Lives (Bush): Cite in Chicago Style

Spring 2025

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Chicago Manual of Style (Notes-Bibliography)


Notes-Bibliography is the version of Chicago style which uses footnotes for in-text citation. 


Book with a single author or editor 

First footnote: 

Author Firstname Lastname, Title of Book (Publisher, Date), page. 

Amy D. Finstein, Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America (Temple University Press, 2020), 10. 

Second footnote:  

Author Lastname, Abbreviated Title of Book, page. 

Finstein, Modern Mobility Aloft, 10. 

Bibliography: 

Author Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Publisher, Date. 

Finstein, Amy D. Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America. Temple University Press, 2020.

Journal article from an online database

First footnote: 

Author Firstname Lastname, "Title of Article," Journal Title volume, no. issue (date): page, DOI link or URL or database. 

Chanelle Robinson, "'Papa Don't Preach': Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada," Toronto Journal of Theology 35, no.1 (2019): 10, https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.2018-0120.

Second footnote: 

Author Lastname, "Abbreviated Title of Article," page. 

Robinson, "'Papa Don't Preach,'" 10. 

Bibliography: 

Author Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article," Journal Title volume, no. issue (date): pages. DOI link or URL or database.

Robinson, Chanelle. "'Papa Don't Preach': Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada." Toronto Journal of Theology 35, no.1 (2019): 9-24. https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.2018-0120.

Online newspaper/magazine article 

First footnote: 

Author Firstname Lastname, "Title of Article," Newspaper, Month Day, Year, URL or database.

Edward T. O'Donnell, "When Irish Immigrants Were America's Most Feared Terrorist Group," Washington Post, March 17, 2019, ProQuest Central. 

Second footnote: 

Author Lastname, "Abbreviated Title of Article." 

O'Donnell, "Irish Immigrants." 

Bibliography: 

Author Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Newspaper, month day, year. URL or database. 

O'Donnell, Edward T. "When Irish Immigrants Were America's Most Feared Terrorist Group." Washington Post, March 17, 2019. ProQuest Central. 

Page from a website

First footnote: 

"Page title," page creator, accessed month day, year, URL. 

"Classics," College of the Holy Cross, accessed August 19, 2024, https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/classics. 

Second footnote: 

"Page title." 

"Classics."

Bibliography: 

Page creator. "Page title." Accessed month day, year. URL. 

College of the Holy Cross. "Classics." Accessed August 19, 2024. https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/classics.