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/.
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.
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/.
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.
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.
E-Newspaper
Basic Instructions: Author, "Article Title," Title of complete work, Date of
         publication. Site/Path/File.
Example: "Hopes recede for survivors," The Hindu,
     February 1, 2001. http://www.the-hindu.com.
Online Periodical
Basic Instructions: Author, "Article Title." Title of complete work, Date of
         publication, Site/Path/File.
Example: Williams, Buzz. "General Wade Hampton III: Noble
     Summer Resident." WaySouth: A Journal of
     Southern Thought [online journal]
     http://www.waysouth.com.
Online Encyclopedia

(Chicago assumes that encyclopedia articles are cited in Notes rather than Bibliographies. This entry is based on other Chicago formats.)
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.
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.
Discussion List Message

(This item is considered to be best cited as a Note and not a Bibliography entry by the Chicago Manual of Style.)
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.
Email Message

(This is another item that Chicago considers to be a Note rather than a Bibliography entry.)
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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