| Source | Example | Key |
| Book, one author |
Jones, Julia. A History of Birds. Chicago: ALA Press, 2011. |
Author Last Name, First Name. Book Title in Italics. City of Publication: Publisher, year. |
| Book, two or more authors | Jones, Julia, Matt O'Connor, and Will Beene. Amazing Birds and Where to Find Them. New York: ABC Publishers, 2014. | Author Last Name, First Name, First Name Last Name additional author, and First Name Last Name additional author. Book Title in Italics. City of Publication: Publisher, year. |
| Chapter from a book with an editor |
O'Connor, Matt. "Tuxedos." In Favorite Fancy Birds, edited by Julia Jones, 117-25. New York: Dragon Queen Press, 2005. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Chapter title." In Book Title in Italics, edited by Editor First Name Last Name, page numbers. City of Publication: Publisher, year. |
| eBook online |
Jones, Julia. A History of Birds. Chicago: ALA Press, 2011. http://www.books.com-history-of-birds.html. |
Author Last Name, First Name. Book Title in Italics. City of Publication: Publisher, year. Web address of book location. |
| eBook found in library database | Beene, Will. Climate Change and Birds. London: Crown Publishing, 2018. eBook Collection. | Author Last Name, First Name. Book Title in Italics. City of Publication: Publisher, year. Database name. |
| eBook for a device | King, Marcus. Avian Migrations in North American. Houston: Bayou Publishing, 2012. Kindle. | Author Last Name, First Name. Book Title in Italics. City of Publication: Publisher, year. Device. |
| Note: Accessed dates for journal articles are no longer required by Chicago Manual of Style, but it is highly recommended you check with your instructor to see if you should still include an access date in your citation. | ||
| Source | Example | Key |
| Journal Article |
Jones, Julia. "Teaching Iambic Pentameter." Journal of Poetry 114, no. 3 (August 2018): 21-36. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Journal Title, Volume number, issue number (Publication Month or Season and Year): page numbers. |
| Journal Article with a DOI (library database or website) | Hodges, Kevin. "Modern Use of Literary Terms." American Literature Journal 5, no. 2 (Spring 2017): 17-21. https://doi.org/10.233/505511. | Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Journal Title, Volume number, issue number (Publication Month or Season and Year): page numbers. doi number. |
| Journal Article with Stable URL | Westin, Nicole. "Great American Literature." The Literary Student 12, no. 1 (February 2012): 5-12. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3456879. | Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Journal Title, Volume number, issue number (Publication Month or Season and Year): page numbers. Stable URL. |
| Journal article without a DOI (library database or website) | Westin, Nicole, Kevin Hodges, and Julia Jones. "Teaching Poetry to Middle School Students." Poetry Education 8, no. 1 (2018): 27-34. Academic Search Complete. | Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Journal Title, Volume number, issue number (Publication Month or Season and Year): page numbers. Database name. |
| Source | Example | Key |
| Found in Print |
O'Connor, Matt. "Damone Rocks." Rolling Stone, October 14, 1972. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotes." Magazine name in italics, Date. |
| Found on Website |
Neil, Vince. "History of Football." Texas Monthly, July 22, 2019. http://www.texasmonthly.com/history-of-football. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotes." Magazine name in italics, Date. Web address of article location. |
| Found in Database |
Lee, Tom. "Drumming for a Cause." Modern Drummer Magazine, February 1999. Project MUSE. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotes." Magazine name in italics, Date. Database name. |
| Source | Example | Key |
| Found in Print |
Hohler, Bob. "Red Sox Win World Series for First Time in 86 Years." Boston Globe, October 28, 2004. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotes." Newspaper name in italics, Date. |
| Found on Website |
Norgren, Shay. "The Men on the Moon." Houston Chronicle, July 20, 1979. http://www.houstonchronicle/history-men-walked-on-moon. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotes." Newspaper name in italics, Date. Web address of article location. |
| Found in Database |
Lopez, Jen. "Dance as Art." Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2005. Credo Reference. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotes." Newspaper name in italics, Date. Database name. |
| Note: use "accessed date" if you cannot determine when a website was created or last revised. | ||
| Source | Example | Key |
| Content with Author Name |
Smith, Trey. "Coding." Learn to Code. Last modified October 14, 2018. http://www.learntocode.com/coding. |
Author Last Name, First Name. "Page or Article Title." Website name. Last modified date. Web address. |
| Content without Author Name | "About Lone Star College: Fast Facts." Lone Star College. Accessed July 17, 2019. http://www.lonestar.edu/about-us-institutional-research.htm. | "Page or Article Title." Website name. Accessed date. Web address. |
| Video Content | Smith, Clint. "The Danger of Silence." Filmed July 2014 at TED@NYC. Video, 4:11. https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence. | Last Name, First Name of composer, speaker, performer, or other person primarily responsible for the content. "Title of Video." Filmed date and location. Video, duration. Web address. |
Sources listed in a bibliography must be formatted with a "hanging indent". This means that any lines of text that occur after the first must be indented 5 spaces to the right.
To create a hanging indent in Word, select the text you want to format, right-click on it, and choose "Paragraph" from the menu. In the Paragraph dialog box, go to the "Indents and Spacing" tab, find the "Special" drop-down menu, select "Hanging," and then click "OK" to apply the formatting. The first line of each paragraph will remain at the left margin, while subsequent lines will be indented.