Brief Guide to Citations and Bibliography (Chicago Style)

 

 

When citing a work in your paperÉ

 

Include author, date, and page numbers. For citations in your text proper (rather than in a footnote), surround the information with parentheses and place before the final punctuation of the sentence. In footnotes, omit the parentheses.

 

EXAMPLE: In text: (Highet 1999, 121-25).                     In footnote: 2 Highet 1999, 121-25.

 

When citing a work in your bibliographyÉ

 

A Book with One Author

 

Last name, First Name. Title [Italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year Published.

 

EXAMPLE:

Highet, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

 

A Book with an Editor

 

Last name, First Name of editor ed. Title [Italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year Published.

 

EXAMPLE:

Scarre, Chris ed. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome. New York: Penguin Books, 1995.

 

A Translation

 

Last name, First Name or Common Name. Title [Italicized]. Translated by Name of Translator (First name Last name). City of Publication: Publisher, Year Published.

 

EXAMPLE:

Homer. The Essential Homer. Translated by S. Lombardo. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2000.

 

 

A Book in More Than One Volume

 

Last name, First Name. Title [Italicized]. Ed. Name of Editor (First name, last). # of volume cited. City of Publication: Publisher, Year Published.

 

EXAMPLE

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

 

An Article From a Journal

 

Last name, First Name. ÒTitle.Ó Name of Journal [Italicized] Volume #.Issue # (if applicable) (Year of Publication): pages cited.

 

EXAMPLE:

Dodds, E.R. ÒOn Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex.Ó Greece and Rome 13 (1966): 37-49.