The 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic systems of documentation—the notes and bibliography system, also known
as the humanities style, and the author-date system. This guide provides examples according to the author-date system. A separate guide is available
for the notes and bibliography system. Ask your professor if you are unsure which system to use.
For each example given below, the section number to the relevant passage(s) in the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style is provided.
Access to the full text of the online edition is available to members of the University of Puget Sound community; click on “Citation Tools” on the library
homepage to access it.
Placement of In-text Citations:
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Author-date citations usually are placed just before a punctuation mark (section 15.24).
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Social scientists propose various solutions, including better police training (Smith 2001, 47), community
awareness projects (Arthur 2004, 21), and earlier family intervention (Casey 2000, 112).
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If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, it is not necessary to repeat it in the parenthetical citation (section 15.24).
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Hernandez (2001, 48) argues that current training programs for police officers are too short and too
superficial to make much of a difference.
Preparing Your Reference List:
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The reference list must include an entry for every text citation (section 15.10).
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Entries are arranged alphabetically by last name of author. When there are two or more works by the same author, order the
entries for that author chronologically by year of publication, with earlier dates coming first (section 15.11).
BOOK--Single Author (section 15.9)
In-text citation:
(Goldman 2011, 65)
Reference:
Goldman, Wendy Z. 2011. Inventing the Enemy: Denunciation and Terror in Stalin’s Russia. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
BOOK—Two authors (section 15.9: list authors in order used on the title page)
In-text citation:
(Kristof and WuDunn 2009, 43)
Reference:
Kristof, Nicholas D., and Sheryl WuDunn. 2009. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women
Worldwide. New York: Vintage.
BOOK—Ereader edition (section 14.166: Note the importance of indicating chapters and sections when
pagination is unstable.)
In-text citation:
(Pollan 2006, chap. 1.2)
Reference:
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin Books.
Kindle edition.
BOOK--Corporate Author (section 14.92)
In-text citation:
(World Bank, 15)
Reference:
World Bank. 2003. A Guide to the World Bank. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
Chapter or Essay from an Edited Book (section 15.9)
In-text citation:
(Wright 2004, 417)
Reference:
Wright, Marcia. 2004. Gender, Women, and Power in Africa, 1750-1914. In A Companion to Gender History, ed.
Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, 413-21. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Article from Scholarly Journal—print format (section 15.9)
In-text citation:
(Feuer 2011, 525)
Reference:
Feuer, Bryan. 2011. “Being Mycenaean: A View from the Periphery.” American Journal of Archaeology 115(2):
507-536.
Article from Scholarly Journal—accessed online (section 15.9: include DOI or URL)
In-text citation:
(Ferrer 2012, 56)
Reference:
Ferrer, Ada. 2012. “Haiti, Free Soil, and Antislavery in the Revolutionary Atlantic.” American Historical Review
117(1): 40-66. doi: 10.1086/ahr/117.1.40.
Article from Online Scholarly Journal—multiple authors (section 15.28)
In-text citation:
(Lee et al. 2007, 639)
Reference:
Lee, Grace M., Jeanne M. Santoli, Claire Hannan, Mark L. Messonnier, James E. Sabin, Donna Rusinak,
Charlene Gay, Susan M. Lett, and Tracy A. Lieu. 2007. Gaps in Vaccine Financing for Underinsured
Children in the United States. JAMA 298(6): 638-43. doi:10.1001/jama.298.6.638.
Article from Popular Magazine (sections 15.47)
In-text citation:
(Meadows and Thomas 2007, 45)
Reference:
Meadows, Susannah, and Evan Thomas. 2007. That Night at Duke. Newsweek, April 23. 40-46.
Article from Newspaper—accessed online (section 15.47)
In-text citation:
(Kelly 2007)
Reference:
Kelly, David. 2007. Reservation’s Toxic Dumps a Multilayered Nightmare. Los Angeles
Times, home edition, June 2. http://www.lexis-nexis.com/.
Book Review (section 15.3)
In-text citation:
(Wolf 2006, 719)
Reference:
Wolf, Anne Marie. 2006. Review of Creating East and West: Renaissance Humanists and the Ottoman Turks, by
Nancy Bisaha. Journal of Religion 86 (4): 719-20.
DVD or Video (section 15.3)
In-text citation:
(Moore 2002)
Reference:
Moore, Michael, dir. 2002. Bowling for Columbine. DVD. [United States]: MGM Home Entertainment.
Webpage or Website (section 15.51: use access date for undated online documents)
In-text citation:
(Washington State History Museum 2012)
Reference:
Washington State History Museum. 2012. Virtual Tour of the History Lab Learning Center. Accessed July 20.
http://www.wshs.org/wshm/hl-tour.htm
Content contact: Peggy Burge, [email protected], Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound
7/2012