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| 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: |
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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. Site/Path/File. |
| 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, 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. |
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Online Encyclopedia
(Chicago assumes that encyclopedia articles are cited in Notes rather than Bibliographies. This entry is based on other Chicago formats.)
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Basic Instructions:
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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
(This item is considered to be best cited as a Note and not a Bibliography entry by the Chicago Manual of Style.)
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Basic Instructions:
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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
(This is another item that Chicago considers to be a Note rather than a Bibliography entry.)
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Basic Instructions:
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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! |
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