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Chicago 18th edition notes and bibliography

Footnotes and bibliography for the Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition

Citing journal articles

In a footnote, cite specific page numbers. In the bibliography, include the page range for the whole article. For articles consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. Many journal articles list a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). A DOI forms a permanent URL that begins https://doi.org/. This URL is preferable to the URL that appears in your browser’s address bar.

The title of the journal is italicised. 

A month or a season can be omitted. 

Journal article

Type Format
Elements of citation

Author -- Title in inverted commas -- Journal title -- Volume, issue, year (in brackets) -- Page number(s) -- URL (if consulted online) (13.26)

Footnote

9. Kriston Rennie, "The normative character of monastic exemption in the early medieval Latin west," Medieval Worlds 6 (2017): 71, https://doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no6_2017s61.

Bibliography

Rennie, Kriston. "The normative character of monastic exemption in the early medieval Latin west." Medieval Worlds 6 (2017): 61-77. https://doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no6_2017s61.

EndNote reference type

When citing a journal article in print use "Journal Article"

When citing a journal article consulted online or from a database use "Electronic Article"

More than one author

Type Format
Elements of citation

For two or more authors, list both in a footnote and the bibliography. 

For three to six authors, list only the first in a note followed by et al. and up to six in the bibliography

For works with more than six authors, list the first three in the bibliography followed by et al. (13.78)

Footnote

10. Martin Crotty, and Craig Stockings, "The Minefield of Australian Military History," Australian Journal of Politics and History 60, no. 4 (2014): 581.

Bibliography

Crotty, Martin, and Craig Stockings. "The Minefield of Australian Military History." Australian Journal of Politics and History 60, no. 4 (2014): 580-91.

EndNote reference type

When citing a journal article in print use "Journal Article"

When citing a journal article consulted online or from a database use "Electronic Article"

Ensure you place authors on separate lines