CHICAGO STYLE @ THE SEATTLE SCHOOL2012 Update
Chicago Style requires footnotes and a bibliography.
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Below is a list of select citation examples, footnote citation followed by bibliographic entry.
BOOKS
Book
Book with
Multiple
Authors
Chapter
Chapter in
a Book
With an
Editor
1. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Is There a Meaning in this Text? : The Bible, the Reader and the Morality of
Literary Knowledge (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 1998), 455.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J. Is There a Meaning in this Text? : The Bible, the Reader and the Morality of Literary
Knowledge. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 1998.
2. Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen, “Prologue: The Bible as a Grand Narrative,” in The
Drama of Scripture (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004), 20-21.
Bartholomew, Craig G., and Michael W. Goheen. “Prologue: The Bible as a Grand Narrative.” In The Drama
of Scripture, 15-27. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004.
3. Annie Dillard, “Seeing,” in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (New York: Harper & Row, 1974), 32.
Dillard, Annie. “Seeing.” In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 14-34. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
4. Bruce Ellis Benson, “The Improvisation of Hermeneutics: Jazz Lessons for Interpreters,” in
Hermeneutics at the Crossroads, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, James K. A. Smith, and Bruce Ellis Benson
(Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006), 197.
Benson, Bruce Ellis. “The Improvisation of Hermeneutics: Jazz Lessons for Interpreters.” In Hermeneutics at
the Crossroads, edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, James K. A. Smith, and Bruce Ellis Benson, 193-210.
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006.
PERIODICALS
Journal
Article:
Volume
Journal
Article:
Volume
and Issue
Journal
Article:
Electronic
Book
Review
5. Neil Douglas-Klotz, “Midrash and Postmodern Inquiry: Suggestions Toward a Hermeneutics of
Indeterminacy,” Currents in Research, 7 (1999): 188-189.
Douglas-Klotz, Neil. “Midrash and Postmodern Inquiry: Suggestions Toward a Hermeneutics of
Indeterminacy.” Currents in Research, 7 (1999): 181-93.
6. Gary L. Nebeker, “The Holy Spirit, Hermeneutics, and Transformation: From Present to Future
Glory,” Evangelical Review of Theology 27, no. 1 (2003): 51.
Nebeker, Gary L. “The Holy Spirit, Hermeneutics, and Transformation: From Present to Future Glory.”
Evangelical Review of Theology 27, no. 1 (2003): 47-55.
7. Judith Ann Brady, “A Burning Desire for Social Justice,” Religious Education 105, no. 1 (2010): 9,
accessed November 2, 2010, DOI: 10.1080/00344080903472634.
Brady, Judith Ann. “A Burning Desire for Social Justice.” Religious Education 105, no. 1 (2010): 8-11. Accessed
November 2, 2010. DOI: 10.1080/00344080903472634.
8. Taub, Richard P., Review of Reclaiming Public Housing: A Half-Century of Struggle in Three Public
Neighborhoods, by Lawrence J. Vale, American Journal of Sociology 110, no. 3 (2004): 798.
Taub, Richard P. Review of Reclaiming Public Housing: A Half-Century of Struggle in Three Public
Neighborhoods, by Lawrence J. Vale. American Journal of Sociology 110, no. 3 (2004): 797-99.
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Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and
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Researchers, 7 ed., rev. Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007), 141159, 160-215, 257, 350, 401.
Web
Sources
(example is
a web page
with no
author)
Kindle or
other
eBook
9. “Iona Abbey,” The Iona Community, accessed November 4, 2010, http://www.iona.org.uk
/abbey_home.php.
“Iona Abbey.” The Iona Community. Accessed November 4, 2010. http://www.iona.org.uk/abbey_home.php.
10. Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2008), Kindle edition, chap. 23.
Austin, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008. Kindle edition.
Biblical
Text
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11. Genesis 1:1-3 (New Revised Standard Version)
Alphabetize and use hanging indentation for bibliographic entries. Single space entries, but leave an extra space
between entries. Center the title: Bibliography.
For long quotations over 5 lines, single space the quote, indent the entire quotation half an inch, and leave a
blank line before and after the quotation. Do not add quotation marks at the beginning or end of the quote.
"If the city of publication may be unknown to readers or may be confused with another city of the same name,
the abbreviation of the status, province, or (sometimes) country is usually added. Washington is traditionally
followed by DC, but other major cities such as Los Angeles and Baltimore, need no state abbreviation. (For
countries not easily abbreviated, spell out the name) Chicago's preference is for the two-letter postal codes (IL,
MA, etc.)"2
When to Cite
 You must provide a citation whenever you:
o quote exact words from a text
o paraphrase ideas associated with a particular text, or
o use any idea, data, or method attributable to any source you consulted.3
Electronic Resources
 Citing electronic journals or online articles generally follows the format for printed periodicals except that
entries include date of publication or access and DOI (preferred) or URL.
 “Because of the potential for differences, however, authors must indicate that they have consulted a format
other than print. The indication should be the last part of the full citations that follows the recommendations
for citing printed books…”4
 “Note that electronic formats do not always carry stable page numbers (e.g. pagination may depend on text
size), a factor that potentially limits their suitability as sources. In lieu of a page number, include an indication of
chapter or section or other locator.”5
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Consult with instructors about the particularities of biblical citation required for individual courses.
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The Chicago Manual of Style, 16 ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010), 717.
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3
Turabian, A Manual for Writers, 134.
4
The Chicago Manual of Style, 726.
5
Ibid., 727.