The Writer's Handbook
Chicago Documentation Style
Use this menu to learn about Chicago style documentation.
- A quick orientation to note systems
- Create Chicago/Turabian first reference
- Article
- Book
- Dissertation or thesis
- Encyclopedia entry
- Government document
- Interview
- Performance or video cassette
- Secondary source
- Source from an information service
- Create Chicago/Turabian subsequent references
- Works Cited entries
- Article
- Book
- Dissertation or thesis
- Encyclopedia entry
- Government document
- Interview
- Performance or video cassette
- Secondary source
- Source from an information service
- Format the Works Cited page
First reference: Article
Journal article
1. Louise M. Rosenblatt, "The Transactional Theory: Against Dualisms," College English 54 (1993): 380.
Book Review
2. Steven Spitzer, review of The Limits of Law Enforcement, by Hans Zeisel, American Journal of Sociology 91 (1985): 727.
Newspaper Article
3. Tyler Marshall, "200th Birthday of Grimms Celebrated," Los Angeles Times, 15 March 1985, sec. 1A, p. 3.
["p." is used to make clear the difference between the page and section numbers.]