Examples of Commonly Cited Sources

When you cite a book, you should cite specific pages consulted in the note. In the bibliography entry, you should include a page range if you only consulted a chapter or section of the book. In the note, publication information (place, publisher, date) is in parentheses. In the bibliography, this information does not appear in parentheses. See the examples above for more information about citing books.

Note:

          1. Sylvia Houghteling, The Art of Clothing in Mughal India. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022), 221.

Shortened note:

          1. Houghteling, The Art of Clothing in Mughal India, 221.

Bibliography:

Houghteling, Sylvia. The Art of Clothing in Mughal India. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022.

Journal article

If you are citing a journal article, include the volume number, issue, number, and date of publication. For journal articles, you should cite specific page numbers in the note if the text you consulted has page numbers. In the bibliography entry, you should provide the page range for the whole article. If you consulted the article online, you should include a URL or DOI.

Here’s an example of a note, shortened note, and a bibliography entry for a journal article consulted online.

Note:

          1. Maia Silber, “The Home Front: World War I, Tenant Activism, and Housing Policy Before the New Deal,” Journal of Urban History, (2002): 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442221083320.

Shortened note:

          1. Silber, “The Home Front,” 22.

Bibliography:

Silber, Maia. “The Home Front: World War I, Tenant Activism, and Housing Policy Before the New Deal.” Journal of Urban History, (2022): 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442221083320.

In Chicago style, if websites are cited in notes, you do not always need to include them in your bibliography. But if you do want to include a citation for a website, you should include the following information:

• Title or description of specific page
• Title of description of website
• Owner of sponsor of site
• URL
• Publication date or date site was accessed if publication date is not available.

Note:

          1. “Meet the tutors,” Harvard College Writing Center, Harvard University, accessed October 26, 2022, https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/people.

Shortened note:

          1. “Meet the tutors.”

Bibliography:

Harvard College Writing Center. “Meet the tutors.” Harvard University. Accessed October 26, 2022. https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/people.