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Chicago (17th ed.) Citation Style Guide: Articles

Journal Articles Consulted Online - with a DOI (14.175)

Bibliographic Form

Lambert, Peter, Kirsten Galloway, Amy Altman, Michael Nachtigal and Donald Turner. "Ovarian Cancer in Manitoba: Trends in Incidence and Survival, 1992-2011." Current Oncology 24, no. 2 (April 2017): 78-84. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.24.3312.

 

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26. Peter Lambert et al., "Ovarian Cancer in Manitoba: Trends in Incidence and Survival, 1992-2011," Current Oncology 24, no. 2 (April 2017): 79, https://doi.org/10.3747/co.24.3312.

 

Shortened Note

27. Lambert et al., "Ovarian Cancer," 83.

 

All names are usually given in the bibliography for works by four to ten persons. In the footnote, give the name of the first author followed by et al. with no intervening comma. (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., p. 786)

If it is available, a URL based on a DOI (appended to https://doi.org/) is preferable to the URL that appears in your browser's address bar when viewing the article. In the absence of a DOI, choose the form of the URL offered along with the article." (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. p. 833).

Journal Article from a Library Database without a DOI (14.175)

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Wiebe, Joseph R. "On the Mennonite-Metis Borderland: Environment, Colonialism, and Settlement in Manitoba." Journal of Mennonite Studies 35, no. 2 (2017): 111-126. Academic Search Complete.

 

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25. Joseph R. Wiebe, "On the Mennonite-Metis Borderland: Environment, Colonialism, and Settlement in Manitoba," Journal of Mennonite Studies 35, no. 2 (2017): 118, Academic Search Complete.

 

Shortened Note

26. Wiebe, "On the Mennonite-Metis," 120.

For articles without a DOI from a library database, give  the database name rather than the URL. (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. p. 833)

Journal Article from JSTOR (14.175)

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Whitney, Frank P. "The Six Year High School in Cleveland." School Review 37, no. 4 (1929): 269-273. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1079914.

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26. Frank P. Whitney, "The Six Year High School in Cleveland, " School Review 37, no. 4 (April 1929): 271, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1079914.

 

Shortened Note

27. Whitney, "Six Year High School," 272.

Cite the article with a DOI if one is available. If the article does not have a DOI and has a stable URL (JSTOR provides stable URLs), add the URL for the article.

Journal Article - Print (14.167 - 14.174)

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Boudreau, Michael. "Hippies, Yippies, the Counter-Culture, and the Gastown Riot in Vancouver, 1968-71." BC Studies 197 (Spring 2018): 39-65.

 

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17. Michael Boudreau, "Hippies, Yippies, the Counter-Culture, and the Gastown Riot in Vancouver, 1968-71," BC Studies 197 (Spring 2018): 47.

 

Shortened Note

18. Boudreau, "Hippies, Yippies," 49.

 

In this example there is a volume number and date but not an issue number. This article does not have a DOI.

Magazine Article from a Library Database (14.189)

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Glavin, Terry. "The Battle to Clean Up Vancouver." Maclean's, February 9, 2018, 13-14. CBCA Complete.

 

Footnote Form

27. Terry Glavin, "The Battle to Clean Up Vancouver." Maclean's, February 9, 2018, 13, CBCA Complete.

 

Shortened Note

28. Glavin, "Battle to Clean," 14.

"For magazine articles consulted online, include a URL, at the end of a citation or, if no suitable URL is available, the name of the database." (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., p. 838)

Magazine Article - Online (14.189)

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Rojas, Nicole. "Mysterious Illness Prompts State Department to Evacuate American Consultant Worker and Family from China." Newsweek, June 6, 2018. http://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-illness-prompts-state-department-evacuate-american-consulate-worker-963245.

 

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27. Nicole Rojas, "Mysterious Illness Prompts State Department to Evacuate American Consultant Worker and Family from China," Newsweek, June 6, 2018, http://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-illness-prompts-state-department-evacuate-american-consulate-worker-963245.

 

Shortened Note

28. Rojas, "Mysterious Illness."

 

"For magazine articles consulted online, include a URL at the end of a citation or, if no suitable URL is available, the name of the database. Specific page numbers usually will not be available but may be cited if they are." (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. p. 838)

Magazine Article - Print (14.188)

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Danticat, Edwidge. "Without Inspection." New Yorker, May 14, 2018, 77-83.

 

Footnote form

18. Edwidge Danticat, "Without Inspection," New Yorker, May 18, 2018, 79.

 

Shortened Note

19. Danticat, "Without Inspection," 82.

Newspaper Article from a Database (14.191)

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Manastyrsky, Peter. "Ukrainian Easter Rich with History." Winnipeg Free Press, April 7, 2018, F12. Canadian Newsstream.

Footnote Form

21. Peter Manastyrsky, "Ukrainian Easter Rich with History, "Winnipeg Free Press, April 7, 2018, F12, Canadian Newsstream.

 

Shortened Note

22. Manastyrsky, "Ukrainian Easter," F12.

 

"To cite an article consulted online, include the URL or, if no suitable URL is available, the name of the database" (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. p. 839). In the above example, the article came from one of the library's databases. 

Page numbers can be omitted. Provide the edition statement (e.g. "final edition") if available.

Newspaper Article - Print (14.191)

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Rollason, Kevin. “Trucking Magnate Gave Millions to Improve Health Care.” Winnipeg Free Press, July 9, 2019.

 

Footnote Form

7. Kevin Rollason, “Trucking Magnate Gave Millions to Improve Health Care,” Winnipeg Free Press, July 9, 2019.

Page numbers may usually be omitted because a newspaper's issue on any particular day may include several editions. If known, it is useful to add the edition.

Newspapers are more commonly cited in notes or parenthetical references than in biblliographies. If, for some reason, a bibliography entry were included, it would appear as indicated above.