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Chicago/Turabian Style: Journal Articles

Journal Example

Print:

Author's First and Last Names. "Title of the Article: Subtitle of the Article." Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): XX-XX

Online:

Author's First and Last Names. "Title of the Article: Subtitle of the Article." Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): XX-XX, access date, URL or DOI

Journal Articles

Journal Articles (17.2)

Note: Journals and magazines are cited differently. If an article contains citations, it is probably a journal article.

Footnote:

  • Include the author’s name followed by the title of the article in quotes.
  • Give author's names exactly as they appear at the heads of their articles
  • The title of the journal is italicized. Omit an initial The from journal title.
  • Include the volume of the journal and, if it is provided, the issue number, proceeded by no.
  • Include the publication date as it is given in the journal in parentheses.
  • Include the page referenced.

2. Eran Shalev, “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England, 1775-1788,” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 246.

Bibliography:

  • Include the pages the article appears on within the journal.

Shalev, Eren. “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England, 1775-1788.” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 235-63.

Journal Article Access from a Database

Journal accessed from an online database (17.2)

  • For articles retrieved from a database (such as JSTOR), use the stable URL listed along with the article instead of the one in your browser’s address bar. However, if there is a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) available, use the following format: http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxxx/xxxxxx.
  • Remove the hyperlink by right clicking on the URL within your document and selecting “Remove hyperlink.”
  • If no suitably short and direct URL exists, you may substitute the name of the database for the URL.

Footnote:

3. Eran Shalev, “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England, 1775- 1788,” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 246, accessed March 10, 2011, Academic Search Complete.

4. Saskia E. Wieringa, “Portrait of a Women’s Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia,” Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-86, accessed February 15, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/658500.

Bibliography:

Shalev, Eren. “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England, 1775-1788.” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 235-63. Accessed March 10, 2011. Academic Search Complete.

Weringa, Saskia E. “Portrait of a Women’s Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia.” Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-93. Accessed February 15, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/658500.