Referencing journals in Chicago style
This page outlines the correct format for journal articles in Chicago footnote and bibliography style.
In this section
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Journal article
Notes
Order: Author, "Article Title," Journal Title volume number, issue number (year): specific page number.
1. Stephen B. Castleberry and C. David Shepherd, "Effective Interpersonal Listening and Personal Selling," Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management 13, no. 1 (1993): 35.
2. Castleberry and Shepherd, "Effective Interpersonal," 44.
Bibliography
Order: Author. "Article Title." Journal Title volume number, issue number (year): article page range.
Castleberry, Stephen B., and C. David Shepherd. "Effective Interpersonal Listening and Personal Selling." Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management 13, no. 1 (1993): 35-49.
Online journal article
If a URL with DOI is available (a URL that starts with https://doi.org/), use this in preference to a URL without a DOI.
Online Journal article (with a DOI)
Notes
Order: Author, "Article Title," Journal Title volume number, issue number (year): specific page number, DOI.
1. Francis G. Castles, Jennifer Curtin, and Jack Vowles, "Public Policy in Australia and New Zealand: The New Global Context," Australian Journal of Political Science 41, no. 2 (2006): 135, https://doi.org/10.1080/10361140600672394.
2. Castles, Curtin, and Vowles, "Public Policy", 135-136.
Bibliography
Castles, Francis G., Jennifer Curtin, and Jack Vowles. "Public Policy in Australia and New Zealand: The New Global Context." Australian Journal of Political Science 41, no. 2 (2006): 131-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361140600672394.
Online Journal article (with a URL)
Notes
Order: Author, "Article Title," Journal Title volume number, issue number (year): specific page number, URL.
1. Helen Smith, "'A Unique Instance of Art': The Proliferating Surfaces of Early Modern Paper," Journal of the Northern Renaissance 8, (2017), par. 11, http://www.northernrenaissance.org/a-unique-instance-of-art-the-proliferating-surfaces-of-early-modern-paper/.
2. Smith, "A Unique Instance," par. 13.
Bibliography
Order: Author. "Article Title." Journal Title volume number, issue number (year): article page range. URL.
Smith, Helen. "'A Unique Instance of Art': The Proliferating Surfaces of Early Modern Paper." Journal of the Northern Renaissance 8 (2017). http://www.northernrenaissance.org/a-unique-instance-of-art-the-proliferating-surfaces-of-early-modern-paper/.
References and further reading
Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2017. [Massey Library link] [E-book link]
Chicago Manual of Style Online. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Disclaimer
These pages are provided as a guide to proper referencing. Your course, department, school, or institute may prescribe specific conventions, and their recommendations supersede these instructions. If you have questions not covered here, check in the style guide listed above, ask your course coordinator, or ask at Academic Q+A.