Chicago Manual of Style (Author/Date)
Book published electronically
If a book is available in more than one format, cite the version you consulted. For books consulted
online, list a URL; include an access date only if one is required by your publisher or discipline. If no fixed
page numbers are available, you can include a section title or a chapter or other number.
Bibliography Format (Alphabetical)
Austen, Jane. 2007. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics. Kindle edition.
Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. 2009. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social
Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115:405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.
Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. 1987. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
In-Text Format
(Austen 2007, 3)
(Kossinets and Watts 2009, 411)
Book Review
Kamp, David. 2006. “Deconstructing Dinner.” Review of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four
Meals, by Michael Pollan. New York Times, April 23, Sunday Book Review.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23kamp.html.
Thesis or Dissertation
Choi, Mihwa. 2008. “Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty.” PhD diss.,
University of Chicago.
Paper presented at a meeting or conference
Adelman, Rachel. 2009. “ ‘Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On’: God’s Footstool in the Aramaic Targumim
and Midrashic Tradition.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature,
New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21–24.
E-mail or text message
E-mail and text messages may be cited in running text (“In a text message to the author on March 1,
2010, John Doe revealed . . .”), and they are rarely listed in a reference list. In parenthetical citations, the
term personal communication (or pers. comm.) can be used.
(John Doe, e-mail message to author, February 28, 2010) OR (John Doe, pers. comm.)
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Item in a commercial database
For items retrieved from a commercial database, add the name of the database and an accession
number following the facts of publication. In this example, the dissertation cited above is shown as it
would be cited if it were retrieved from ProQuest’s database for dissertations and theses.
Choi, Mihwa. 2008. “Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty.” PhD diss.,
University of Chicago. ProQuest (AAT 3300426).
(Un)/published Interview
If the interview has been published or broadcasted treat it like an article or a chapter in a book.
Unpublished interviews are best cited in text or in notes, though they occasionally appear in
bibliographies. Citations should include the names of both the person interviewed and the interviewer;
brief identifying information, if appropriate; the place or date of the interview (or both, if known); and, if
a transcript or tape is available, where it may be found. Permission to quote may be needed; see
chapter 4.” Here’s an example:
Benjamin Spock, interview by Milton J. E. Senn, November 20, 1974, interview 67A, transcript, Senn Oral
History Collection, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
Podcast
There are multiple ways that a podcast may be cited depending upon how you access it and the
information it includes. If it is an interview you can treat it as an interview (see instructions for citing
interviews above), but should note the medium and URL if available and dates of publication. If no date
can be determined, cite the date accessed. Also cite the original date of performance if the podcast
includes an audio or visual performance.
Glass, Ira. “419: Petty Tyrant.” This American Life. Podcast audio, November 12, 2010.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/419/petty-tyrant.
Source: Albert S. Cook Library and Chicago Manual of Style website, Q&A
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Electronic publication of a book
If a book is available in more than one format, specify which one you read. Books that were consulted
Online, include a URL; include an access date only if your publisher or discipline requires one. If there is no fixed
page numbers are available, you can include a section title or a chapter or other number.
Bibliography Format (Alphabetical)
Austen, Jane. 2007. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics. Kindle edition.
Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. 2009. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social
Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115:405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.
Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. 1987. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
In-Text Format
(Austen 2007, 3)
