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Chicago Style Citation

Online Journal Articles with a DOI

A doi is preferable to a URL in a citation, so if you can find a doi for an article, use it. Access dates are not required for journal articles in most disciplines (see section 14.176).

Bibliography: General Format

Lastname, first name of the first author, other authors in normal name order as listed.  "Title of article."  Title of journal italicized volume, no. issue (date): page range. doi.

Heydon, Rachel, Lyndsay Moffatt, and Luigi Iannacci. "‘Every Day He Has a Dream to Tell’: Classroom Literacy Curriculum in a Full-day Kindergarten." Journal of Curriculum Studies 47, no. 2 (2015): 171-202. https//doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2014.1000381.

Note: General Format

1. First name and last name of all authors as listed, "Title of article," Title of journal italicized volume, no. issue (date): page range, doi.

Note: Example of first citation

1. Rachel Heydon, Lyndsay Moffatt, and Luigi Iannacci, "‘Every Day He Has a Dream to Tell’: Classroom Literacy Curriculum in a Full-day Kindergarten," Journal of Curriculum Studies 47, no. 2 (2015): 173, https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2014.1000381.

Note: Example of subsequent citations

3 Heydon, Moffatt and Iannacci, "Every Day", 174.

Online Journal Articles without a DOI

If the article does not have a doi, give a persistent URL for the article or the name of the database.

Bibliography: General Format

Lastname, first name of the first author, other authors in normal name order as listed.  "Title of article."  Title of journal italicized volume, no. issue (date): page range, persistent URL or database name.

Hackley, Chris, and Rungpaka Amy Hackley. "Marketing and the Cultural Production of Celebrity in the Era of Media Convergence." Journal of Marketing Management 31, no. 5/6 (2015): 461-477. Business Source Complete.

Note: General Format

1. First name and last name of all authors, "Title of article," Title of journal italicized volume, no. issue (date): page.  Persistent URL or database name.

Note: First citation

1 Chris Hackley and Rungpaka Amy Hackley, "Marketing and the cultural production of celebrity in the era of media convergence," Journal of Marketing Management 31, no. 5/6 (2015): 463, Business Source Complete.

Note: Subsequent Citations

3  Hackley and Hackley, "Marketing", 462.

Newspaper or Magazine Article from a Database

Bibliography: General Format

Lastname, first name of the first author, other authors listed in normal name order.  "Name of the Article."  Title of the
                Publication in Italics, date of publication. DOI, URL, or name of database.

Ligeti, Arik. "Traffic Pollution a Major Health Risk in Toronto." The Globe and Mail, Aug 30, 2014. Canadian Newsstand.

Note: General Format

1. First name and last name of all authors, "Title of article,"  Title of Publication italicized, date, page if it appears,  DOI, URL, or name of database.

1  Arik Ligeti, "Traffic Pollution a Major Health Risk in Toronto," The Globe and Mail, Aug 30, 2014, Canadian Newsstand.

Note: Subsequent Citations

3  Ligeti, "Traffic Pollution", B2.

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