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Chicago journal style examples

Journal articles

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  • Print version
  • Accessed from a database in the same format as the original (PDF)
  • Accessed from a website in the same format as the original (PDF)
  • Accessed from a website in a format different from the print version (HTML) - may not give page numbers, or page range.
  • Accessed from a site which provides an electronic- only version of a journal
  • Articles by the same author

Print version

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname and Author Name Surname, "Title of Article - in double quotation marks," Title of Journal - in italics volume number, no. issue number (Year of publication): page number.

Subsequent reference

Author surname, "Shortened title," page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Name and Author Name Surname. "Title of Article - in double quotation marks." Title of Journal - in italics Volume number, no. issue number (Year of publication): page range of article

Example: First reference
1. Mihir Parikh and Sameer Verma, "Utilizing Internet Technologies to Support Learning: An Empirical Analysis," International Journal of Information Management 22, no. 1 (2002): 31.

Subsequent reference
4. Parikh and Verma, "Utilizing Internet Technologies," 43.

Bibliography
Parikh, Mihir and Sameer Verma. "Utilizing Internet Technologies to Support Learning: An Empirical analysis." International Journal of Information Management 22, no. 1 (2002): 27-46.

Accessed from a database in the same format as the original (PDF)

Example: First reference
5. Jeff Bennett, "Environmental Values and Water Policy," Australian Geographical Studies 41, no. 3 (2003): 239, http://www.catchword.com/.

Subsequent reference - shortened format
7. Bennett, "Environmental Values," 247.

Bibliography
Bennett, Jeff. "Environmental Values and Water Policy." Australian Geographical Studies 41, no. 3 (2003): 237-250. http://www.catchword.com/.

Note: Provide the URL of the main entrance to the database service. An access date may be added in parentheses at the end of the citation.

Accessed from a website in the same format as the original (PDF)

Example: First reference
9. Tim Sprod, "Philosophy, Young People and Well-being," Youth Studies Australia 18, no. 2 (1999): 13, http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ysa/articles/ysa_pdfs/ysa-v18n2pp12-16.pdf.

Subsequent reference
11. Sprod, "Philosophy, Young People," 15.

Bibliography
Sprod, Tim. "Philosophy, Young People and Well-being." Youth Studies Australia 18, no. 2 (1999): 12-16. http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ysa/articles/ysa_pdfs/ysa-v18n2pp12-16.pdf.

Accessed from a website in a format different from the print version (HTML) - may not give page numbers, or page range.

Example: First reference
15. Deborah Valentine, "Access to Higher Education: A Challenge to Social Work Educators," Journal of Social Work Education 40, no. 2 (2004), under "Effects and Consequences," http://www.cswe.org/publications/jswe/04-2editorial.htm.

Note:As individual page numbers are not available, a subheading can be used as a locator within the article.

Subsequent reference
18. Valentine, "Access to Higher Education."

Bibliography
Valentine, Deborah. "Access to Higher Education: A Challenge to Social Work Educators." Journal of Social Work Education 40, no.2 (2004). http://www.cswe.org/publications/jswe/04-2editorial.htm.

Accessed from a site which provides an electronic- only version of a journal

Example: First reference
9. Monica Keneley, "The Dying Town Syndrome: A Survey of Urban Development in the Western District of Victoria 1830 - 1930," Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (2004), under "Urban decline 1921 - 1931," http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/keneley3.htm

Note: as individual page numbers are not available, a subheading can be used as a locator within the article.

Subsequent reference
13. Keneley, "The Dying Town Syndrome."

Bibliography
Keneley, Monica. "The Dying Town Syndrome: A Survey of Urban Development in the Western District of Victoria 1830 - 1930." Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (2004). http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/keneley3.htm

Articles by the same first author

Single author entries come first in the bibliography

Example:
Bessant, Judith. "The Question of Public Trust and the Schooling System." Australian Journal of Education 45, no. 2 (2001): 207-226.

Bessant, Judith and Ruth Webber. "Policy and the Youth Sector: Youth Peaks and Why We Need Them." Youth Studies Australia 20, no. 1 (2001): 43-47.

Articles by the same author

Titles by the same author are normally listed alphabetically

Example:
Scutt, Jocelynne A. "Future Access - Discrimination and the Disability Discrimination Act," Access 5, no.3 (2003): 6-10.

Scutt, Jocelynne A. "Without Precedent: Sex/gender Discrimination in the High Court." Alternative Law Journal 28, no. 2 (2003):pp. 74-77.

 

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