Chicago: Documenting sources: Bibliography

Identifying elements of sources (Chicago)

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SOURCE: An article from a periodical

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How would you begin a Chicago-style bibliography entry for this source?

Lamoreaux, Naomi R., Daniel M. G. Raff, and Peter Temin. “Beyond Markets and Hierarchies: Toward a New Synthesis of American Business History.”

Lamoreaux, Naomi R., et al. “Beyond Markets and Hierarchies: Toward a New Synthesis of American Business History.”

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SOURCE: An article from a periodical

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How would you cite the publication information for this article in a Chicago-style bibliography entry? The article begins on page 404 and ends on page 433.

American Historical Review 108, no. 2 (2003): 404-33.

American Historical Review 108.2 (2003): 404-33.

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SOURCE: A multivolume work

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How would you prepare a Chicago-style bibliography entry for this source?

Bernal, Martin. Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization. Vol. 1. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987.

Bernal, Martin. The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985. Vol. 1 of Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987.

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SOURCE: An article from a database

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How would you cite the publication information for the periodical in this database record?

Presidential Studies Quarterly 43, no. 1 (2013): 146+.

Presidential Studies Quarterly 43 (March 2013): 146+.

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SOURCE: An article from a database

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What information would you place at the end of the entry, after the page number?

Expanded Academic ASAP

http://www.thepresidency.org/psq

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SOURCE: A translated work

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How would you begin a Chicago-style bibliography entry for this source?

Banfield, Laura F., and Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., trans. Florentine Histories.

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Florentine Histories. Translated by Laura F. Banfield and Harvey C. Mansfield Jr.

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SOURCE: A book review published in an online magazine

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How would you begin a Chicago-style bibliography entry for this source?

Scammell, Michael. “The Russian Nobility under the Red Terror.” Review of Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy, by Douglas Smith.

Smith, Douglas. Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy.

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SOURCE: A book review published in an online magazine

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How would you cite the publication information for this source in a Chicago-style bibliography entry? (Page references are not included because the source is not paginated online.)

New York Review of Books, March 7, 2013. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/mar/07/russian-nobility-under-red-terror.

New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2013. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/mar/07/russian-nobility-under-red-terror.

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SOURCE: Short document from a website

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Whom would you cite as the sponsor of this source in a Chicago-style bibliography entry?

Library of Congress

No sponsor given

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SOURCE: Short document from a website

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What is the correct Chicago-style bibliography entry for this source? (The site does not give an update date; the student accessed the site on April 3, 2013.)

Library of Congress. “James Madison’s Ciphers.” American Memory. Accessed April 3, 2013. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/mjmciphers.html.

“James Madison’s Ciphers.” American Memory. Library of Congress. Accessed April 3, 2013. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/mjmciphers.html.

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