Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (2003)
Any information in the Basic Instructions in red font face is included to assist in the understanding of the style and should not be included in your Citations. NOTE from the Bedford Handbook: The Chicago Manual of Style does not advise including the date you accessed a Web source, but you may provide an access date after the URL if the cited material is time-sensitive: for example, http://www.historychannel.com/today (accessed May 1, 2005). |
| Database Item | Online Book | Web Site | CD-ROM |
| Online newspaper | E-Newspaper | Online Periodical | Online Encyclopedia |
| ERIC Document | Discussion List Message | Email Message | HELP! (contact a librarian) |
| Database Item | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author.
"Article Title." Journal Title Volume #, issue # (date): Page numbers. Database name. Subscriber Name, place. Site/Path/File. |
| Example: |
Young, Jeffrey
R. “Distance Education Seen as
Useful as Classrooms.” Chronicle of Higher Education 46, no. 24 (2000): A55. http://proquest.umi.com/pqweb/. |
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| Online Book | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author/editor, "Title." Publication information,
date. Site/Path/File. |
| Example: |
Holland,
Norman N. “The Critical I.” New York:
Columbia University Press, 1992. http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/nnh/criti.htm. |
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| Web Site | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author.
(if given) "Title of page," Title or owner
of site. Site/Path/File. |
| Example: | Jones,
Dee. “The de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at USM,” University of Southern Mississippi Libraries http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/. |
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| CD-ROM Article | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author. (if given)
"Article title." Title of CD-ROM. [medium], version or edition. Publisher, Date. |
| Example: |
"The
Late Riots - A Mountain Reduced to a Molehill."
The New York Herald 24 July 1863 in the Civil War - A Newspaper Perspective [CD-ROM], (accessible archives CD-ROM edition, 1994) Folio Corporation, 1990. |
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| Online newspaper | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title,
Date Created. Site/Path/File. |
| Example: | McAteer,
M.J. “Animals Benefit from Alternative Medicine.” Washington Post on the Web, May 17, 1999. http://washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/health/digest/may99/pet18docs0517.htm. |
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| E-Newspaper | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author,
"Article Title," Title of complete work, Date of publication. |
| Example: | "Hopes
recede for survivors," The Hindu, February 1, 2001. http://www.the-hindu.com. |
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| Online Periodical | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author,
"Article Title." Title of complete work, Date of publication, |
| Example: | Williams, Buzz. "General Wade Hampton
III: Noble Summer Resident." WaySouth: A Journal of Southern Thought [online journal] http://www.waysouth.com. |
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| Online Encyclopedia |
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| Basic Instructions: |
Author
(if given), "Article Title," Encyclopedia Title, Publisher information, Date. Site/Path/File. |
| Example: | "Ailey,
Alvin, Jr.," Encyclopedia Britannica - Online, Britannica.com Inc., 1999. http://www.britannica.com. |
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| ERIC Document | |
| Basic Instructions: | Author,
"Article Title," Title of complete work (in italics or underlined), volume: pages, date of publication, available from database name. |
| Example: | Settle,
Mary and Richard Milich, "Social persistence following Failure in Boys and Girls with LD," Journal of Learning Disabilities, 32:201-212, May/June 1999, Wilson Select Plus Full Text, http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/ERIC. |
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| Discussion List Message |
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| Basic Instructions: |
Author's
name. "subject line," (if more than one email that
date) email to Name of mailing list, date of posting, listserv address. |
| Example: |
Raish,
Martin. “Surveying Users Before Building
Web-tutorial,” email to BI-L mailing list. February 25, 2000, bi-l@listserv.byu.edu. |
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| Email Message |
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| Basic Instructions: |
Author,
"subject line," date, [type of communication:
personal email, distribution list, office communication]. |
| Example: | Albrecht,
Rebecca. “Mea Culpa: Citing Information,” 24 February 2000, committee information. |
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| HELP! | CMS entries compiled and researched by Karen Vanterpool, Westchester Community College. If you would like to provide feedback, contact us. |
Updated 2/21/06 KD