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Chicago Style: Citing Periodicals

Citing Journal, Magazine, and News Articles

Sample reference entry in Chicago Style formatted with a hanging indent.

Article in a Scholarly Journal

Online article with DOI

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Debora Shuger, "Milton's Religion: The Early Years," Milton Quarterly no.3 (2012): 139, https://doi.org/10.1111/milt.12000

Subsequent Footnote/Endnote

2. Shuger, "Milton's Religion," 142.

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article Title." Title of Journal Volume and Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Range. DOI Information

Example

Shuger, Debora. "Milton's Religion: The Early Years." Milton Quarterly no. 3 (2012): 137-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/milt.12000

Online article with only a URL

First Footnote/Endnote

Joan Sangster, ""Queen of the Picket Line:" Beauty Contests in the Post–World War II Canadian Labor Movement, 1945–1970,” Labor 5, no.4 (2008): 83-106, http://labor.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/5/4/83

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Sangster, "'Queen of the Picket Line,'" 89.

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article Title." Title of Journal Volume and Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Range. URL

Example

Sangster, Joan. ""Queen of the Picket Line:” Beauty Contests in the Post–World War II Canadian Labor Movement, 1945–1970,” Labor 5, no.4 (2008): 83-106. http://labor.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/ abstract/5/4/83

Journal article (Print)

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Sally Chivers, "'Move! You're in the Way!' Disability and Age Meet on Screen," Canadian Journal of Film Studies: Revue Canadienne D’Études Cinématographique 17, no.1 (2008): 35.

Subsequent Footnotes & Endnotes

2. Chivers, ""Move!,"" 30.

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article Title." Title of Journal Volume Number. Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Range.

Example

Chivers, Sally. “‘Move! You’re in the way!’  Disability and Age Meet on Screen.” Canadian Journal of Film Studies: Revue Canadienne D’Études Cinématographique 17, no.1 (2008): 30-43.

Notice:

  1. The title of the article is put in quotation marks.  The title of the journal is put in italics. 
  2. Elements can be removed if they are not available. For example, if a journal does not have an issue number, include only the volume number.
  3. Guidelines for citing works with more than one author:
    1. Two or three authors
    2. Four to ten authors
  4. In the bibliography, the first and last pages of the article are included at the end of the citation.
  5. Articles access online must include a stable URL or DOI (digital object identifier is a persistent link) The DOI or stable URL is located on the first page of an electronic journal article near the copyright notice. It is also on the article's database landing page. If the article does not have page numbers, use paragraph numbers in your footnotes.
  6. When a DOI or URL is too long to fit on one line, create a break where there is punctuation (period, slash, dash); do not add a hyphen to the DOI or URL. The break comes after a single or double slash and before a period, comma, tilde, hyphen or underline. A line break can come before or after an ampersand or equals sign.  Remove all hyperlinks in a printed paper.

Magazine Article

Magazines are different from scholarly journals in that they are written for a general audience and are generally not edited by a scholarly organization. Magazine articles are cited only by their date of publication rather than with a volume or issue number as is done for journal articles.

Magazine articles accessed online are cited as indicated below, followed by a URL. Page numbers are often not available for online sources, so they can be omitted. In the footnote, separate date or page number (if available) from the URL with a comma. In the bibliography, separate the date from the URL with a period.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Robert Fulford, "Regarding Alex Colville," Saturday Night, June 17, 2000: 31.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Fulford, "Regarding Alex Colville," 32.

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Complete Date of Publication: Page Range.

Example

Fulford, Robert. "Regarding Alex Colville." Saturday Night, June 17, 2000: 30-34.

Notice: The title of the article is in quotation marks. The title of the magazine is in italics. In the bibliography, the first and last pages of the article are included at the end of the citation.

News Article

News Article (online)

When citing a newspaper or magazine article that you found through an online news service, such as thestar.com or cnn.com, use the same format that you would when citing a print newspaper or magazine article but include a URL at the end. If the information is particularly time sensitive, include the date on which you accessed the information.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. John Flesher, "U.S. Unveils $2.2 billion Great Lakes Fix," thestar.com, February 22, 2010, http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/769329--u-s-unveils-2-2-billio....

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Flesher, "U.S. Unveils 2.2 billion Great Lakes Fix."

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article Title." Name of Online News Service, Complete Date of Publication. URL

Example

Flesher, John. "U.S. Unveils $2.2 billion Great Lakes Fix." thestar.com, February 22, 2010. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/769329 --u-s-unveils-2-2-billion-great-lakes-fix?bn=1

News Article (Print)

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Joe Friessen, "More than 300 People Linked to Suspected Case of Citizenship Fraud," Globe and Mail, February 1 2010, Ontario edition, A1.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Friessen, "More than 300 People," A6.

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article Title." Newspaper Title, Complete Date of Publication: Page or Page Range.

Example

Friessen, Joe. "More than 300 People Linked to Suspected Case of Citizenship Fraud." Globe and Mail, February 1 2010, Ontario edition, A1, A6.

Notice:

  1. The title of the article is in quotation marks. The title of the newspaper is in italics.
  2. For print versions, in the bibliography, the first and last pages of the article are included at the end of the citation.
  3. When a URL is too long to fit on one line, create a break where there is punctuation (period, slash, dash); do not add a hyphen to the URL. The break comes after a single or double slash and before a period, comma, tilde, hyphen or underline. A line break can come before or after an ampersand or equals sign. Remove all hyperlinks in a printed paper.

Letter to the Editor

Letters to the editor are not given titles when cited. Add a URL to the end of the citation if you accessed the source online.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Theresa Manchester, letter to the editor, National Post, April 23, 2001, A15.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Manchester, letter to the editor, A15.

Bibliography

Letter Writer's Name: Last Name First. Description. Newspaper Title, Complete Date of Publication: Page.

Example

Manchester, Theresa. Letter to the editor. National Post, April 23, 2001, A15.

Review (Book, Film, Performance)

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Janet Miron, review of A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain, by Robert Darby, Isis 97 (2006): 567, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/509980

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Miron, review of A Surgical Temptation, 568.

Bibliography

Reviewer's Name, Last Name First. Review of Book Title by Book Author's Name. Publication in which Review Appears with volume number, if available (Complete Date of Publication): Page Range. URL or DOI

Example

Miron, Janet. Review of A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain, by Robert Darby. Isis 97 (2006):567-568. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/509980

Notice:

  1. The titles of the book that is being reviewed and the journal that it is published in are in italics.
  2. In the bibliography, the first and last pages of the review are included at the end of the citation.
  3. If the review is titled, put the title of the review in quotation marks and place it after the reviewer's name.

 

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