How to Cite Sources for a footnote and for a bibliography

 

The format for a footnote is different than the format used for a bibliographic citation. Below are several examples of FOOTNOTE citation format and, farther down the page, BIBLIOGRAPHY citation format. These are from the Chicago Manual of Style.

 

FOOTNOTE format

FOOTNOTES are numbered sequentially starting at number 1.

Microsoft Word creates and automatically numbers footnotes.  Place your cursor at the end of the line that needs a footnote. Then, under the “Insert” Menu, select “Footnote”. Then follow the prompts and type in your footnote information/citation.

If your source is a book with one author:

Wendy Doniger, Splitting the Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), 65.

If your source is a book with two authors:

Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar, Primate Conservation Biology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 104–7.

If your source is a book with four or more authors:

Edward O. Laumann et al., The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), 262.

If your source is a book  with an Editor, translator, or compiler instead of author:

Richmond Lattimore, trans., The Iliad of Homer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), 91–92.

OR

Richmond Lattimore, ed., The Iliad of Homer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), 91–92.

If your source is a book published electronically:

 

Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/ (accessed Sep 30, 2007).

 

 

If your source is a Journal article (that is, an article from a history periodical):

 

John Maynard Smith, “The Origin of Altruism,” Nature 393 (1998): 639.

 

If your source is a Journal article published online:

Mark A. Hlatky et al., "Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Trial," Journal of the American Medical Association 287, no. 5 (2002), http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo.

 

 

If your source is a website, give the website sponsor, the website name, the name of the page, the URL and the date accessed (or as many of these as you can):

 

Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000–2010: A Decade of Outreach.” Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2007).

If your source is a newspaper article:

 

William S. Niederkorn, “A Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery,” New York Times, June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRPAHY format

In a BIBLIOGRPAHY, remember to:

- ALPHABETIZE your list by author’s last name (last name first)

- INDENT each line after the 1st line

- give PAGE NUMBERS for all periodical articles

If your source is a book with one author:

Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

 

If your source is a book with two authors:

Cowlishaw, Guy, and Robin Dunbar. Primate Conservation Biology. Chicago: University of    

Chicago Press, 2000.

 

If your source is a book with four or more authors:

Laumann, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. The Social

Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

OR

Laumann, Edward O., et al. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United

States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

 

If your source is a book  with an Editor, translator, or compiler instead of author:

Lattimore, Richmond, trans. The Iliad of Homer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951.

OR

 Lattimore, Richmond, ed. The Iliad of Homer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951.

 

 

If your source is a book published electronically:

Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of

Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.

 

If your source is a Journal article (that is, an article from a history periodical):

Smith, John Maynard. “The Origin of Altruism.” Nature 393 (1998): 639–40.

If your source is a Journal article published online:

Hlatky, Mark A., Derek Boothroyd, Eric Vittinghoff, Penny Sharp, and Mary A. Whooley.

"Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Trial." Journal of the American Medical Association 287, no. 5 (February 6, 2002), http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo.

 

 

If your source is a website, give the website sponsor, the website name, the name of the page, the URL and the date accessed (or as many of these as you can):

 

Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000–

2010: A Decade of Outreach.” Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).

 

 

If your source is a newspaper article:

Niederkorn, William S. “A Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery.” New York Times,

June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.