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Bibliography style guide

This bibliography style guide is a basic version of Chicago. There are numerous styles in use and, if you are writing a paper or thesis, you should check with your editor or supervisor to establish whether there is a specific requirement for your project.

Adapted from: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php & http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/07/

(Note regarding use of this style: The examples below are for bibliographies. The accepted adaptation for footnotes is to refer to the author by first then last name. For the first example below, you would change it to Valerie Raliegh Yow and then continue with the reference.)

Book - (one author)

Yow, Valerie Raliegh. Recording oral history: a guide for the humanities and social sciences.
Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2005.

Book - (two to three authors)

Adams, Don, and Arlene Goldbard. Creative community: the art of cultural development. New York, NY:
Rockefeller Foundation, Creativity & Culture Division, 2001.

Book - (more than three authors)

Kimble, John M., Rattan Lal, and Ronald F. Follett, eds. 2002. Agricultural practices and policies for carbon sequestration in soil. Boca Raton, Fla.: Lewis Publishers.

Book chapter or section

Harris, Muriel. Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers in A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 24-34.

Corporate Author

Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music. Library. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Best Collection of Autographs, in
the Mary M. Vial Music Library of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Library, 1967.

Journal Article (one author)

Banks, William. A Secret Meeting in Boise. Midwestern Political Review 6 (1958): 26-31.

Journal Article (two authors)

Brown, Cecelia M., and Lina Ortega. Information-seeking Behavior of Physical Science Librarians: Does Research Inform Practice? College & Research Libraries 66 (2005): 231-247.

Electronic Journal or Newspaper Article

Carbado, Devon W. Black Male Racial Victimhood. Callaloo 21, no. 2 (1998): 337-361. http://www.jstor.org/ (accessed July 8, 2005).

Electronic Book

Nydam, Ronald J. Adoptees Come of Age: Living Within Two Families. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999. http://www.netlibrary.com (accessed July 8, 2005).

Web Site

Ellison, Jim. Assessing the accessibility of fifty United States government Web pages: Using Bobby to check on Uncle Sam. First Monday, volume 9, number 7 (July 2004). http://www.firstmonday.org (accessed June 16, 2005).

Web message posting

Holland, Norman. Overcoming Depression. Online posting. October 15, 2000. Psyart. http://web.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/psyart.htm&gt (accessed July 27, 2004).

Email

Boyle, Anthony T. Re: Utopia. E-mail to the author. August 31, 2000.

Interview

Smith, Mary C. Managing Director of Acme Group. Interview with author. August 31, 2005.

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