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Author-Date: Sample Citations
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The following examples illustrate the author-date system. Each example of a reference list entry is accompanied by an
example of a corresponding in-text citation. For more details and many more examples, see chapter 15 of The Chicago
Manual of Style. For examples of the same citations using the notes and bibliography system, follow the Notes and
Bibliography link above.
Book
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Grazer, Brian, and Charles Fishman. 2015. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Smith, Zadie. 2016. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press.
In-text citations
(Grazer and Fishman 2015, 12)
(Smith 2016, 315–16)
For more examples, see 15.40–45 in The Chicago Manual of Style.
Chapter or other part of an edited book
In the reference list, include the page range for the chapter or part. In the text, cite specific pages.
Reference list entry
Thoreau, Henry David. 2016. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 167–95. Minneapolis:
Graywolf Press.
In-text citation
(Thoreau 2016, 177–78)
In some cases, you may want to cite the collection as a whole instead.
Reference list entry
D’Agata, John, ed. 2016. The Making of the American Essay. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press.
In-text citation
(D’Agata 2016, 177–78)
For more details, see 15.36 and 15.42 in The Chicago Manual of Style.
Translated book
Reference list entry
Lahiri, Jhumpa. 2016. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
In-text citation
(Lahiri 2016, 146)
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E-book
For books consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database in the reference list entry. For other types of ebooks, name the format. If no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section title or a chapter or other number in the text,
if any (or simply omit).
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Austen, Jane. 2007. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics. Kindle.
Borel, Brooke. 2016. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ProQuest Ebrary.
Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. 1987. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. http://presspubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
Melville, Herman. 1851. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers. http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-thewhale-proofs.html.
In-text citations
(Austen 2007, chap. 3)
(Borel 2016, 92)
(Kurland and Lerner 1987, chap. 10, doc. 19)
(Melville 1851, 627)
Journal article
In the reference list, include the page range for the whole article. In the text, cite specific page numbers. For articles
consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database in the reference list entry. 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.
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. 2017. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on
Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring): 1–34.
https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
LaSalle, Peter. 2017. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38 (1): 95–109. Project MUSE.
Satterfield, Susan. 2016. “Livy and the Pax Deum.” Classical Philology 111, no. 2 (April): 165–76.
In-text citations
(Keng, Lin, and Orazem 2017, 9–10)
(LaSalle 2017, 95)
(Satterfield 2016, 170)
Journal articles often list many authors, especially in the sciences. If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the
reference list; in the text, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”). For more than ten authors (not shown here),
list the first seven in the reference list, followed by et al.
Reference list entry
Bay, Rachael A., Noah Rose, Rowan Barrett, Louis Bernatchez, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Jesse R. Lasky, Rachel B. Brem,
Stephen R. Palumbi, and Peter Ralph. 2017. “Predicting Responses to Contemporary Environmental Change Using
Evolutionary Response Architectures.” American Naturalist 189, no. 5 (May): 463–73. https://doi.org/10.1086/691233.
In-text citation
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(Bay et al. 2017, 465)
For more examples, see 15.46–49 in The Chicago Manual of Style.
News or magazine article
Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs, and the like are cited similarly. In the reference list, it can be
helpful to repeat the year with sources that are cited also by month and day. Page numbers, if any, can be cited in the text
but are omitted from a reference list entry. If you consulted the article online, include a URL or the name of the database.
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Manjoo, Farhad. 2017. “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera.” New York Times, March 8, 2017.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.
Mead, Rebecca. 2017. “The Prophet of Dystopia.” New Yorker, April 17, 2017.
Pai, Tanya. 2017. “The Squishy, Sugary History of Peeps.” Vox, April 11, 2017.
http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/11/15209084/peeps-easter.
Pegoraro, Rob. 2007. “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple.” Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.
In-text citation
(Manjoo 2017)
(Mead 2017, 43)
(Pai 2017)
(Pegoraro 2007)
Readers’ comments are cited in the text but omitted from a reference list.
In-text citation
(Eduardo B [Los Angeles], March 9, 2017, comment on Manjoo 2017)
For more examples, see 15.49 (newspapers and magazines) and 15.51 (blogs) in The Chicago Manual of Style.
Book review
Reference list entry
Kakutani, Michiko. 2016. “Friendship Takes a Path That Diverges.” Review of Swing Time, by Zadie Smith. New York Times,
November 7, 2016.
In-text citation
(Kakutani 2016)
Interview
Reference list entry
Stamper, Kory. 2017. “From ‘F-Bomb’ to ‘Photobomb,’ How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English.” Interview by Terry Gross.
Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017. Audio, 35:25. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to-photobombhow-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.
In-text citation
(Stamper 2017)
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Thesis or dissertation
Reference list entry
Rutz, Cynthia Lillian. 2013. “King Lear and Its Folktale Analogues.” PhD diss., University of Chicago.
In-text citation
(Rutz 2013, 99–100)
Website content
It is often sufficient simply to describe web pages and other website content in the text (“As of May 1, 2017, Yale’s home
page listed . . .”). If a more formal citation is needed, it may be styled like the examples below. For a source that does not
list a date of publication or revision, use n.d. (for “no date”) in place of the year and include an access date.
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Bouman, Katie. 2016. “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole.” Filmed November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA.
Video, 12:51. https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like.
Google. 2017. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Yale University. n.d. “About Yale: Yale Facts.” Accessed May 1, 2017. https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.
In-text citations
(Bouman 2016)
(Google 2017)
(Yale University, n.d.)
For more examples, see 15.50–52 in The Chicago Manual of Style. For multimedia, including live performances, see
15.57.
Social media content
Citations of content shared through social media can usually be limited to the text (as in the first example below). If a more
formal citation is needed, a reference list entry may be appropriate. In place of a title, quote up to the first 160 characters
of the post. Comments are cited in reference to the original post.
Text
Conan O’Brien’s tweet was characteristically deadpan: “In honor of Earth Day, I’m recycling my tweets” (@ConanOBrien, April
22, 2015).
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Chicago Manual of Style. 2015. “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993.” Facebook, April 17, 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.
Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2016. “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear
Security Summit.” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.
In-text citations
(Chicago Manual of Style 2015)
(Souza 2016)
(Michele Truty, April 17, 2015, 1:09 p.m., comment on Chicago Manual of Style 2015)
Personal communication
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Personal communications, including email and text messages and direct messages sent through social media, are usually
cited in the text only; they are rarely included in a reference list.
In-text citation
(Sam Gomez, Facebook message to author, August 1, 2017)
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Author-Date Citations: Examples
Navigate to Notes and Bibliography: Examples of Citations.
The following examples illustrate the author-date system. Each example of a reference list entry is accompanied by an
example of a corresponding in-text citation. For more details and many more examples, see chapter 15 of The Chicago
Manual of Style. For examples of the same citations using the notes and bibliography system, follow the Notes and
Bibliography link above.
Book
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
Grazer, Brian, and Charles Fishman. 2015. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Smith, Zadie. 2016. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press.
In-text citations
(Grazer and Fishman
