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Guide to APA and Chicago citation for LS 102 students: Building Chicago/Turabian style citations

Building a scholarly journal article citation

Here is a scholarly journal article title area, as you would see it in PDF format through a database, or in the print version of the journal.

The diagram shows you which elements you need to collect to build:

  • a  "full note" citation,
  • a References page citation,
  • and a Bibliography entry citation.

image of the title area on the front page of a journal article. Showing all the elements you needed to build an APA citation

All the ways to do Chicago!

All people who write academically write in their disciplines publication style, but in my experience Chicago/Turabian has "superfans" no matter the discipline! logo of the chicago manual of style - those words in white on red backgroundChicago even has merchandise!

Chicago/Turabian citation is a wee bit more complex than both MLA and APA citation styles in my opinion - there are more options, and honestly, this style seems to present conflicting formatting everywhere I look! But, do not be deterred! There are a couple different methods of Chicago/Turabian citation style; you have to pick a method and stick to it throughout any given paper. If your instructor does not tell you which method they would like you to use, ask them! They might look at you strangely because they either don't even consider an alternate method, or, honestly, they might not know about alternate methods! (I asked TCC faculty who use Chicago/Turabian, and I got both reactions!). See these tabs for how to make Chicago/Turabian citations for a scholarly journal article.

There are two basic methods:
1. "Author-Date" (this is a less common method in my experience)
  • separate, alphabetized References page (looks similar to MLA)
  • (Author Date, page number) in-text citations (looks similar to APA)
2. [foot] Notes and Bibliography method (more common - this is what people often think of when they think of Chicago/Turabian style)
  • Numbered "notes" or "shortened notes" in the footnote area, with optional Bibliography entries at the end of the paper
  • in-text numbered citations (that correspond with each of their numbered notes or shortened notes)
Template (note first line indent)

#. author First Name Last Name and author First Name Last Name. "Article Title Typed in Title Case with Quotes Marks." Journal Name in Title Case Italicized, volume number, no. issue number (year of publication): cited page number(s). doi, often presented as a hyperlink.

Example of "Note" citation - for the pages, note only the specific page(s) you have cited.

3. Mellissa Gordon and Ming Cui. “Positive Parenting During Adolescence and Career Success in Young Adulthood.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 24, no. 3, (2015): 763. http:doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9887-y.

The corresponding in-text citation (see footnote number that corresponds to the full note above - highlighted for instructional purposes only)

Gordon and Cui on the other hand, found compelling evidence suggesting that a person’s career outcomes in adulthood are more of a product of the quality of their childhood relationships with their parent(s), or other adult guardians, rather than the quality of the education they received.3

When you cite a source more than once in you paper, you can use a shortened version for the "notes" method.

Template:

#. 1st author First Name Last Name, "Abbreviated Article Title," page number(s).

or

#. 1st author First Name Last Name, page number(s).

Example:

5. Mellissa Gordon, "Positive Parenting," 768.

or

5. Mellissa Gordon, 768

Template (note hanging indent, instead of paragraph indent)

Author Last Name, 1st Name 2nd Name, and Author 1st Name 2nd Name Last Name. "Article Title Typed in Title Case with Quotes Marks." Journal Name in Title Case Italicized, volume number, no. issue number (year of publication): page-range. doi, often presented as a hyperlink.

Example of Bibliographic or References page citation, alphabetically listed on a separate page (similar to MLA or APA)

Gordon, Melissa S., and Ming Cui. “Positive Parenting During Adolescence and Career Success in Young Adulthood.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 24, no. 3, (2015): 762-771. http:doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9887-y.

The corresponding in-text citation (note the inclusion of the page number of cited information. Highlighting included for instructional purposes only - do not include!)

Compelling evidence suggests that a person’s career outcomes in adulthood are more of a product of the quality of their childhood relationships with their parent(s), or other adult guardians, rather than the quality of the education they received (Gordon and Cui 2015, p. 765).

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