Chicago Style: Citing Other Sources - Academic Skills

Artist's Name, Last Name First. Work of Art. Date of Composition. Institution Where Work Is Shown, City Where Institution Is Located. Date Accessed. URL

Example

Sudek, Josef. Still Life: Egg, Glass. 1950. The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. February 22, 2010. http://www.ago.net/new-art-photography

Work of Art Reproduced in a Book

First Footnote/Endnote

3. Bayeux Tapestry, Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, Normandy. The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry, by David J. Bernstein (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986) plate 28.

(In this example, the artist is unknown, so the entry begins with the title of the artwork itself.)

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

7. Bayeux Tapestry, The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry, plate 28.

Bibliography

Artist's Name, Last Name First. Work of Art. Institution Where Work Is Shown, City Where Institution Is Located. Title of Book. By Book Author. City Where Published: Publisher, Year of Publication. Plate or Page Number.

Example

Bayeux Tapestry. Musee de la tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, Normandy. The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry. By David J. Bernstein. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Plate 28.

Notice: The title of the work of art is in italics. When the work of art has been reproduced on the web or in a book, state the artist's name, the title of the artwork, the institution or private owner of the work, and the city where it is located. For a book, the page, slide, figure or plate number by which it is designated in the source is also given.

Film

When citing a film, include the title of the film, the medium (DVD, video, or streaming service), the director, the original release date of the film, the location and name of the production company, and the release date of the DVD/Video.

If you want to cite a particular scene from a DVD, you can treat it like a chapter in a book and put it into quotation marks.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. "Dorothy meets the Scarecrow," The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939), Criterion on Demand, https://media3.criterionpic.com/htbin/wwform/006?T=W55300 .

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. "Dorothy says goodbye," The Wizard of Oz.

Bibliography

LastName, FirstName, dir. Title of Film. Medium. Publisher, Year. Format, URL [if applicable].

Example

Fleming, Victor, dir. The Wizard of Oz. Metro-Goldwyn-MYER, 1939. Criterion on Demand, https://media3.criterionpic.com/htbin/wwform/006?T=W55300.

Notice: Film titles are in italics.

Television Program

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Influenza 1918, Television, directed by Robert Kenner (Boston: WGBH PBS, 2009).

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Influenza 1918.

Bibliography

Title of Program. Medium. Director. Local Station City: Station and Network, Date Aired.

Example

Influenza 1918. Television. Directed by Robert Kenner. Boston: WGBH PBS, 2009.

Notice: Titles of television programs are in italics.

Interviews

When citing an interview, include as much of the following information as possible: name of the person interviewed and identifying information if necessary, name of the interviewer, and the place and/or date of the interview.

Interview that You Conducted

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Mary Ann Armstrong (Senior Academic Skills Instructor), in discussion with the author, February 22, 2010, Trent University.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Armstrong, discussion.

Bibliography

Name of the person interviewed (identifying information if necessary). In discussion with the author. Date of the interview. Location of the interview.

Example

Mary Ann Armstrong (Senior Academic Skills Instructor). In discussion with the author. February 22, 2010. Trent University.

Interview Conducted by Someone Other than You

First Footnote/Endnote

2. Mary Ann Armstrong (Senior Academic Skills Instructor), interview with George Fogarasi, February 22, 2010, Trent University.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

3. Armstrong, interview.

Bibliography

Name of the person interviewed (identifying information if necessary). Interview with Interviewer's name. Date of the interview. Location of the interview.

Example

Armstrong, Mary Ann (Senior Academic Skills Instructor). Interview with George Fogarasi. February 22, 2010. Trent University.

Notice: The name of the person interviewed is listed first. If you are citing an interview that you conducted, use the term "discussion." If you are citing an interview conducted by someone else, use the term "interview."

Personal Communication (Email, Telephone Call)

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Sally Chivers, e-mail message to author, February 20, 2010.

2. Sally Chivers, telephone call with author, February 20, 2010.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

3. Chivers, email.

4. Chivers, telephone call.

Bibliography

Author's name. Medium. Date.

Example 1

Chivers, Sally. E-mail Message to Author. February 20, 2010.

Example 2

Chivers, Sally. Telephone Call to Author. February 20, 2010.

Sound Recording

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Pete Seeger, Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, Compact Disc, Sony, CK65711, 2002.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Seeger, Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits.

Bibliography

Composer's (or Other's) Name, Last Name First. Title of Recording. Medium. Manufacturer, Catalogue number.

Example

Seeger, Pete. Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits. Compact Disc. Sony, CK65711.

Notice: The title of the CD is in italics. Just before the date of the CD release you must include the catalogue number of the CD (this is generally listed on the spine of the CD). In this example, the catalogue number is CK65711.

Dissertation or Thesis

Put the title of a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation in quotation marks and specify which type of document it is in the citation. If you obtained the thesis online or from a database, you will need to provide the URL or other appropriate locator information.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Van Nguyen-Marshall, "Issues of Poverty and Poor Relief in Colonial North Vietnam: The Interaction Between Colonial Modernism and Elite Vietnamese Thinking" (PhD diss., University of British Columbia, 2002), 12.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Nguyen-Marshall, "Issues of Poverty," 10.

Bibliography

LastName, FirstName. "Title of Dissertation or Thesis." Identify degree/document type, Institution/Location, Year. Access information [URL or database information].

Example

Nguyen-Marshall, Van. "Issues of Poverty and Poor Relief in Colonial North Vietnam: The Interaction Between Colonial Modernism and Elite Vietnamese Thinking." PhD diss., University of British Columbia, 2002.

Archival Sources

The Trent University Archives holds a wide variety of materials including individual pieces of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, ledgers, maps, printed ephemera (programs, schedules, visiting cards, tickets, or brochures), posters or broadsides, maps, architectural records, recordings and more. These may be in print, microform or digital format. In addition we hold older published material like newspapers and books in our Rare Books Section as well as Trent Masters and Ph.D. theses and selected Honours theses.

Unpublished archival material is cited so that the material may again be retrieved from our collection. It is always best to include more rather than less information when citing archival documents. Generally, items are listed from the general to the specific, beginning with the Trent University Archives as the first entry. Remember that if you use a copy of an item like a photograph, or illustration taken from a source in the Trent University Archives in your work, you must give a credit to the Trent University Archives.

Below are some sources of information on citing archival sources.