Directory to Chicago-style notes and bibliography entries

General guidelines for listing authors

  1. One author
  2. Two or three authors
  3. Four or more authors
  4. Organization as author
  5. Unknown author
  6. Multiple works by the same author
  7. Editor
  8. Editor with author
  9. Translator with author

    Books and other long works

  10. Basic format for a book
    1. Print
    2. E-book
    3. Web (or online library)
  11. Edition other than the first
  12. Volume in a multivolume work
  13. Work in an anthology
  14. Introduction, preface, foreword, or afterword
  15. Republished book
  16. Book with a title in its title
  17. Work in a series
  18. Sacred text
  19. Government document
  20. Unpublished dissertation
  21. Published proceedings of a conference
  22. Source quoted in another source (a secondary source)

    Articles and other short works

  23. Article in a journal
    1. Print
    2. Web
    3. Database
  24. Article in a magazine
    1. Print
    2. Web
    3. Database
  25. Article in a newspaper
    1. Print
    2. Web
    3. Database
  26. Unsigned newspaper article
  27. Article with a title in its title
  28. Review
  29. Letter to the editor
  30. Article in a reference work (encyclopedia, dictionary, wiki)
  31. Letter in a published collection

    Web sources

  32. An entire Web site
  33. Short work from a Web site
  34. Blog post
  35. Comment on a blog post

    Audio, visual, and multimedia sources

  36. Podcast
  37. Online audio or video
  38. Published or broadcast interview
  39. Film (DVD, BD, or other format)
  40. Sound recording
  41. Musical score or composition
  42. Work of art
  43. Performance

    Personal communication and social media

  44. Personal communication
  45. Online posting or e-mail
  46. Facebook post
  47. Twitter post (tweet)