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Chicago Manual of Style

This guide provides basic information on the citation formats used in the Chicago Manual of Style. More detailed information is available in the print copies of the Chicago Manual of Style as referenced on the Home page of this LibGuide.

Example: Newspaper Article with One Author

FOOTNOTE or ENDNOTE

    34. Daniel Drolet, "The Histories of Canada; Different Regions Make for Different Views of Canada's Past," Ottawa Citizen, February 22, 1992. Final edition, https://search.proquest.com/docview/239630075/6EEFE0A47B70486APQ/31?accountid=26417.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Drolet, Daniel. "The Histories of Canada; Different Regions Make for Different Views of Canada's Past." Ottawa Citizen, February 22, 1992. Final edition. https://search.proquest.com/docview/239630075/6EEFE0A47B70486APQ/31?accountid=26417.

Example: Newspaper Article with No Author

FOOTNOTE or ENDNOTE

    46. "The History of Negro Spirituals," Sacramento (CA) Observer, October 24, 1968, https://search.proquest.com/docview/370832142/FF9210EE0A49471BPQ/474?accountid=26417.

BIBLIIOGRAPHY

Sacramento (CA) Observer. "The History of Negro Spirituals." October 24, 1968. https://search.proquest.com/docview/370832142/FF9210EE0A49471BPQ/474?accountid=26417.

NOTE: When there is no author, the title of the newspaper is used in the place of the author.

Example: Newspaper Letter to the Editor

FOOTNOTE or ENDNOTE

    63. James W. Schmotter, letter to the editor, New York Times, June 26, 1988, https://search.proquest.com/docview/426853845/75EF014CFED34E5BPQ/21?accountid=26417.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schmotter, James W. letter to the editor. New York Times, June 26, 1988. https://search.proquest.com/docview/426853845/75EF014CFED34E5BPQ/21?accountid=26417.

NOTE: A letter to the editor isn't given a title, but is simply listed as a letter to the editor.