Chicago bibliography example: Journal article (print). The author is listed by last name first. Zimmerman, Jonathan. The article title is given in quotation marks. "Ethnicity and the History Wars in the 1920s." The journal title is Journal of American History. It is italicized and is followed by no punctuation and the volume, a comma, and the issue, with no punctuation at the end: 87 comma n o period 1 The year is given in parentheses, followed by a colon: (2000): The pages cited are followed by a period: 92-111.