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Chicago Manual of Style guides covering notes-bibliography and author-date citations for books, articles, archives, government documents, and media.
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How to Cite a Book in Chicago Style
Cite a book in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Notes-Bibliography and Author-Date templates, CMOS 14.2–62 rules, and official Yu, Binder, Doyle, Liu, Roy, and Melville examples.
How to Cite a Journal Article in Chicago Style
Cite a scholarly journal article in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Notes-Bibliography and Author-Date templates, CMOS 14.67–14.86 rules, and verified Kwon, Dittmar, Lindquist, Hebert, and Snyder examples.
How to Cite a Magazine Article in Chicago Style
Cite a weekly or monthly magazine in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.87–14.88 wording, Quick Guide Mead and Klein samples, print-versus-web New Yorker titles, and Notes-Bibliography versus Author-Date.
How to Cite a Newspaper Article in Chicago Style
Cite a newspaper or news-site story in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.89–14.98 wording, Quick Guide Blum and Pegoraro samples, and Notes-Bibliography versus Author-Date.
How to Cite a Website in Chicago Style
Cite a webpage or blog in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Notes-Bibliography and Author-Date templates, CMOS 14.103–14.105 rules, and official Google, Yale, Wikipedia, Blum, and Klein examples.
How to Cite Archives and Primary Sources in Chicago Style
Cite a letter, diary, photograph, or NARA file in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.119–14.129 examples, finding-aid names, GIL 17 record groups, and Notes-Bibliography versus Author-Date.
How to Cite a Dissertation or Thesis in Chicago Style
Cite a dissertation or master's thesis in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.113 quotation-mark rule, the Quick Guide Rutz sample, ProQuest IDs, and when to cite the later book.
How to Cite a Conference Paper in Chicago Style
Cite a conference paper, poster, or published proceedings in Chicago 18th edition. Notes-Bibliography and Author-Date, official CMOS 18 §14.115 wording, and real Mann, Teplin, Harper, and IEEE examples.
How to Cite Government Documents in Chicago Style
Cite agency reports, congressional publications, executive orders, and UN documents in CMOS 18. Notes-Bibliography versus Author-Date, when Chicago defers to the Bluebook, and real GovInfo examples.
How to Cite Multimedia Sources in Chicago Style
Cite a film, YouTube lecture, TED Talk, podcast, album, or archival recording in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.161–14.169 wording, the Quick Guide Cowan, Ober, and Oliver samples, and Notes-Bibliography versus Author-Date.
How to Cite Social Media in Chicago Style
Cite X, Facebook, Instagram, and comments in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.106 and Quick Guide samples, 280-character quotations, and notes-bibliography versus author-date.
How to Cite an Interview in Chicago Style
Cite a published, broadcast, unpublished, or oral-history interview in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official Quick Guide Buolamwini and Gomez samples, CMOS §§14.108–14.111, and notes-bibliography versus author-date.
How to Cite an Unpublished Manuscript in Chicago Style
Cite an unpublished manuscript, working paper, preprint, or medieval shelfmark in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Official CMOS 14.114–14.116 wording, Notes-Bibliography and Author-Date templates, and real catalog examples.