Library Guides: Chicago 17th edition author-date: Theses

Citing theses

Titles of theses and dissertations appear in quotation marks otherwise they are cited like books.

The kind of thesis, the academic institution, and the date follow the title.

If the document was consulted online, include a URL or, for documents retrieved from a commercial database, the name of the database and, in parentheses, any identification number supplied or recommended by the database.

Theses

Elements of citation	Author -- Year -- Title in quotation marks -- Thesis level -- Awarding institution -- URL
In-text citation	(Walker 1996, 99)
Reference list	Walker, Michelle Boulous.1996. "Philosophy and Silence: Reading the Maternal Body." PhD thesis., University of Queensland. https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:312117.
Endnote reference type	Thesis To display the URL, edit the output style for Chicago 17. To do this go to Edit Output Style, choose Chicago 17, then choose Bibliography and Templates. Add ", URL\|." to the Thesis field. Save a copy of this style.

Elements of citation

Author -- Year -- Title in quotation marks -- Thesis level -- Awarding institution -- URL

In-text citation

(Walker 1996, 99)

Reference list

Walker, Michelle Boulous.1996. "Philosophy and Silence: Reading the Maternal Body." PhD thesis., University of Queensland. https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:312117.

Endnote reference type

Thesis

To display the URL, edit the output style for Chicago 17. To do this go to Edit Output Style, choose Chicago 17, then choose Bibliography and Templates. Add ", URL|." to the Thesis field. Save a copy of this style.