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[ Turabian Notes/Bibliography Citation Style Examples ]
This guide includes local modifications addressing Northwest faculty preferences.
See Note for further details.


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InfoTrac
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JSTOR
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Please note:

This page follows the citation style of Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed. and The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., except that the full-text examples include the name of the vendor, database, and the path for accessing the database.  This information helps readers to more quickly locate the cited articles.

Page numbers are not listed for full text sources unless they are in pdf format or another format showing page numbers.

Items in each entry (e.g., author, title, etc.) are color-coded to match the elements needed in each citation. If the work cited does not include one of the elements (e.g., there is no author listed), leave it out.

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CQ.com
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database.
Note
Examples
1. "Gephardt Urges Bush To 'End Alliance With Bigotry,' Oppose Constitutional Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage," BNN White House Bulletin, 17 December 2003. News Sources, Congressional Quarterly Inc., http://oncongress.cq.com/mycq.do.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical, 17 December 2003, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Database URL.
Bibliography Examples
"Gephardt Urges Bush To 'End Alliance With Bigotry,' Oppose Constitutional Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage." BNN White House Bulletin, 17 December 2003. News Sources, Congressional Quarterly Inc. http://oncongress.cq.com/mycq.do.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

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CQ Researcher
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files, URL of periodical.
Note
Examples
Not in pdf format:
1. Patrick Marshall, "Cybersecurity." The CQ Researcher 13 (September 2003), http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. URL of periodical.
Bibliography Example Not in pdf format:
Marshall, Patrick. "How Vulnerable is the U.S. to Cyberwarfare?" The CQ Researcher 13 (September2003): 797-820. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

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EBSCOhost Full Text Journal Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database.
Note Example Journal with continuous pagination in pdf format:
1. Augusta C.del Zotto, "Weeping Women, Wringing Hands: How the Mainstream Media Stereotyped Women's Experiences in Kosovo," Journal of Gender Studies 11 (July 2002): 141-50. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, http://search.ebscohost.com/.

Journal paginated by issue not in pdf format:
1. Wendy Kurant, "The Power of Love: The Education of a Domestic Woman in Mary Boykin Chesnut's Two Years," Southern Literary Journal 34, no. 2 (2002) Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, http://search.ebscohost.com/.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Database URL.
Bibliography Example Journal with continuous pagination in pdf format:
del Zotto, Augusta C. "Weeping Women, Wringing Hands: How the Mainstream Media Stereotyped Women's Experiences in Kosovo." Journal of Gender Studies 11 (July 2002): 141-150. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost. http://search.ebscohost.com/.

Journal paginated by issue not in pdf format:
Kurant, Wendy. "The Power of Love: The Education of a Domestic Woman in Mary Boykin Chesnut's Two Years." Southern Literary Journal 34, no. 2 (2002). Academic Search, EBSCOhost. http://search.ebscohost.com/.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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EBSCOhost Full Text Magazine Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database.
Note Example
1. Nancy Gibbs, "Thou Shalt Be Removed," Time, 24 November 2003. MasterFILE, EBSCOhost, http://search.ebscohost.com/.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Database URL.
Bibliography Example
Gibbs, Nancy. "Thou Shalt Be Removed." Time, 11 November 2003, MasterFILE, EBSCOhost. http://search.ebscohost.com/.
For further help citing magazine articles, consult sections 8.97, 8.104, 8.111, 10.25, and 11.41 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

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EBSCOhost Full Text Newspaper Articles
Newspaper citations are usually listed only in notes and parenthetical text references and are usually left out of bibliographies and reference lists. Follow this convention for notes and a bibliography, but when the length of the URL will interrupt the flow of the text, include an entry in the Reference List.
Note Elements
Note Number. Author(s) if known, "Title of article," City--if not in title or newspaper is not widely known (state if not widely known usually abbreviated) Title of Newspaper, date of publication. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database. 
Note Example
1. Ron Scott, "Jazz Notes: Regina Carter & Paganini," New York Amsterdam News, 20 November 2003. MasterFILE, EBSCOhost, http://search.ebscohost.com/.
For further help citing newspaper articles, consult sections 8.105--8.111, 8.138, 10.25, 11.44-45, and 11.47 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.188 through 17.203 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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InfoTrac Full Text Journal Articles
InfoTrac has Persistant URLs that allow users to link directly to an article. Use the full URL that appears when this article in displayed in your Web browser.
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Name of Service, Persistant URL of article.
Note Example Journal with continuous pagination not in pdf format:
1. Theresa McDevitt, "African American Women and Espionage in the Civil War," Social Education 67 (September 2003). Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale, http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark
/707/346/44119785w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A108048791&dyn=8!xrn_1_0_
A108048791? sw_aep=nwmosu_owens.

Journal paginated by issue in pdf format:
1. Carolyn J. Eichner, "'Vive la Commune!' Feminism, Socialism, and Revolutionary Revival in the Aftermath of the 1871 Paris Commune," Journal of Women's History 15, no. 2 (2003): 68-99. Expanded Academic, InfoTrac Thomson Gale, http://web2.infotraccustom.com/pdfserve/get_item/1/
Sa88a6bw2_5/SB483_05.pdf.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Name of Service. Persistant URL of article.
Bibliography Example Journal with continuous pagination not in pdf format:
McDevitt, Theresa. African American Women and Espionage in the Civil War." Social Education 67 (September 2003). Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale. http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/
infomark/707/346/44119785w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A108048791
&dyn=8!xrn_1_0_A108048791?sw_aep=nwmosu_owens.

Journal paginated by issue in pdf format:
Eichner, Carolyn J. "'Vive la Commune!' Feminism, Socialism, and Revolutionary Revival in the Aftermath of the 1871 Paris Commune." Journal of Women's History 15, no. 2 (2003): 68-99. Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale. http://web2.infotraccustom.com/
1/Sa88a6bw2_5/SB483_05.pdf.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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InfoTrac Full Text Magazine Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, Persistant URL of article.
Note Example Not in pdf format:
1. Robert F. Howe, "Covert Force: Hundreds of Women Fought in the Civil War Disguised as Men," Smithsonian, October 2002. Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale, http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com
/itw/infomark/295/270/44599915w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A92545901
&dyn=16!xrn_17_0_A92545901?sw_aep=nwmosu_owens.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Persistant URL of article.
Bibliography Example Not in pdf format:
Howe, Robert F. "Covert Force: Hundreds of Women Fought in the Civil War Disguised as Men." Smithsonian, October 2002. Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale. http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/
infomark/295/270/44599915w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A92545901&dyn=
sw_aep=nwmosu_owens.
For further help citing magazine articles, consult sections 8.97, 8.104, 8.111, 10.25, and 11.41 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.182 through 17.186 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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InfoTrac Full Text News Service Articles
Newswire citations are usually listed only in notes and parenthetical text references and are usually left out of bibliographies and reference lists. Follow this convention for notes, but because the length of the URL will interrupt the flow of the text, include an entry in the Reference List.
Note Elements
Note Number. Author(s) if known, "Title of article," Title of News Service Provider, Date of Publication. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, Persistant URL of article.
Note Example
1. Xinhua News Agency, "Over 3.3 Million People Return Home Since End of Civil War in Angola: UN," Comtex News Network, Inc., 10 September 2003. Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale, http://web3.infotrac.
galegroup.com/486/94/68769127w3/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A107545444&dyn=
34!xrn_50_0_A107545444?sw_aep=nwmosu_owens.
For further help citing newspaper articles, consult sections 8.105--8.111, 8.138, 10.25, 11.44-45, and 11.47 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.188 through 17.203 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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InfoTrac Full Text Newspaper Articles
Newspaper citations are usually listed only in notes.
Note Elements
Note Number. Author(s) if known, "Title of article," City--if not in title or newspaper is not widely known (state if not widely known usually abbreviated) Title of Newspaper, Date of Publication. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, Persistant URL of article.
Note Example
1. Dennis Coday, "Uganda Archbishop Call for International Intervention," National Catholic Reporter, 1 August 2003. Expanded Academic, InfoTrac/Thomson Gale, http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/486/
94/68769127w3/purl=rc2_EAIM_1_%22Uganda+Archbishop%22_xx_&
dyn=sig!5?sw_aep=nwmosu_owens.

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JSTOR Full-Text Journal Articles
JSTOR has Persistant URLs that allow users to link directly to an article. Use the full URL that appears when this article in displayed in your Web browser.
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Name of Service, Persistant URL of article.
Note Example pdf format:
   1. Seth Koven and Sonya Michel, "Womanly Duties: Maternalist Politics and Origins of Welfare States in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States," The American Historical Review 95 (October 1990): 1079. JSTOR, http://links.jstor.orgsici?sici=00028762%28199010%2995% 3A4%3C1076%3AWDMPAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged Separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Name of Service. Persistant URL of article.
Bibliography Example pdf format:
Koven, Seth and Sonya Michel. "Womanly Duties: Maternalist Politics and Origins of Welfare States in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States." The American Historical Review 95 (October 1990): 1076-1108. JSTOR. http://links.jstor.orgsici?sici=00028762%28199
010%2995%3A4%3C1076%3AWDMPAT%3E2.0.CO% 3B2-I.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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LexisNexis Court Cases
Note Elements
Note number. Case Name, Case number (Year of Decision). Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database, Database URL.
Note Example
1. Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186 (2003). Legal Research, LexisNexis, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
Bibliography Elements
Case Name. Case number (Year of Decision). Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Database URL.
Bibliography Example
Eldred v. Ashcroft. 537 U.S. 186 (2003). Legal Research, LexisNexis. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
For further help citing court cases, consult section 8.135 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations and sections 17.283 through 17-287 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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LexisNexis Full Text Journal Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database.
Note Example Journal paginated by issue:
1. Mary D. Klinnert et al., "Morbidity Patterns Among Low-Income Wheezing Infants," Pediatrics 112 (July 2002). Medical, LexisNexis Academic, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.

Journal with continuous pagination:
1. James J. Gignam et al., " Obesity, Tamoxifen Use, and Outcomes in Women With Estrogen Receptor--Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer," Journal of the National Cancer Institute 95 (1 October 2003). Medical, LexisNexis Academic, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Database URL.
Bibliography Example Journal with continuous pagination:
James J. Gignam, Kelly Wieand, Karen A. Johnson, Bernard Fisher, Lei Su, Eleftherios P. Mamounas. "Obesity, Tamoxifen Use, and Outcomes in Women With Estrogen Receptor--Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 95 (1 October 2003). Medical, LexisNexis Academic. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.

Journal paginated by issue:
Mary D. Klinnert, Marcella R. Price, Andrew H. Liu, and JoAnn L. Robinson. "Morbidity Patterns Among Low-Income Wheezing Infants." Pediatrics 112 (July 2002). Medical, LexisNexis Academic. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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LexisNexis Full Text News Wires
Newswire citations are usually listed only in notes.
Note Elements
Note Number. Author(s) if known, "Title of article," Title of News Service Provider, Date of Publication. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database, Persistant URL of article.
Note Example
1. Daniel Yee, "CDC Asks States to Report All Child Flu Deaths," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 19 December 2003. News, LexisNexis, http://web.lexisnexis.com/universe.
For further help citing newspaper articles, consult sections 8.105--8.111, 8.138, 10.25, 11.44-45, and 11.47 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.188 through 17.203 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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LexisNexis Full Text Newspaper Articles
Newspaper citations are usually listed only in notes.
Note Elements
Note Number. Author(s) if known "Title of article," City--if not in title or newspaper is not widely known (state if not widely known usually abbreviated) Title of Newspaper, date of publication. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database.
Note Example
1. Mary Ann Lynch, "The Tatasciores Have Had a Tailor-Made Marriage of 65 Years," Hartford Courant, 23 November 2003. News, LexisNexis Academic, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
For further help citing newspaper articles, consult sections 8.105--8.111, 8.138, 10.25, 11.44-45, and 11.47 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.188 through 17.203 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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LexisNexis Public Laws
Note Elements
Note number. Name of Act, Public Law #, Congress, Session (Date). Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database, Database URL.
Note Example
 1. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 197-110, 107th Cong., 1st Session (8 January 2002). Legal Research, LexisNexis, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
Bibliography Elements
Author. Name of Act. Public Law #, Congress, Session (Date). Name of database. Publisher/vendor of database, Database URL.
Bibliography Example
U.S. Congress. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Public Law 197-110, 107th Cong., 1st Session (8 January 2002). Legal Research, LexisNexis. http://web.lexisnexis.com/universe.
For further help citing laws, consult Chapter 12 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations and sections 17.310 through 17.312 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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LexisNexis Television Show Transcripts
Note Elements
Note Number. Author/Editor of content if given, Transcript number if available, "Title of News Show," Name of broadcast network, date of broadcast. Name of database, Name of Service, Database URL.
Note
Examples
1. Sean Callebs and others, Transcript # 121401CN.V00, "Press Conference Announcing Hussein's Capture," CNN, 14 December 2003. News, LexisNexis Academic, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
Bibliography Elements
Author/Editor of content if given. Transcript number if available. "Title of News Show." Name of broadcast network, date of broadcast. Name of database, Name of Service. Database URL.
Bibliography Example
Callebs, Sean, Dana Bash. Heidi Collins, Barbara Starr, Wolf Blitzer, Nic Robertson, Kenneth Pollack, Aaron Brown, and Satinder Bindra. Transcript # 121401CN.V00. "Press Conference Announcing Hussein's Capture." CNN, , 14 December 2003. News, LexisNexis Academic. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
For further help citing television shows or news broadcasts, consult the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition Web site at http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/.

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WilisonWeb Full Text Journal Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Name of Service, URL of database.
Note Example Journal with continuous pagination in pdf format:
1.  J. C. Pino, "Teaching About Women and Underdevelopment in Latin American History," The History Teacher 34 (May 2001): 353-360. Education Full Text, WilsonWeb, http://wilsonweb3.hwwilson.com/.

Journal paginated by issue not in pdf format:
1. Jarene Fluckiger and Saundra Wetig, "Empowering Teachers to Foster Students' Character and Citizenship: Getting Teachers and Students to Discover Big Ideas in Social Studies," Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin 69, no. 2 (2003). Education Full Text, WilsonWeb, http://wilsonweb3.hwwilson.com/.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Name of Service. Database URL.
Bibliography Example Journal with continuous pagination in pdf format:
Pino, J. C. "Teaching About Women and Underdevelopment in Latin American History." The History Teacher 34 (May 2001): 353-360. Education Full Text, WilsonWeb. http://wilsonweb3.hwwilson.com/.

Journal paginated by issue not in pdf format:
Fluckiger, Jarene and Saundra Wetig. "Empowering Teachers to Foster Students' Character and Citizenship: Getting Teachers and Students to Discover Big Ideas in Social Studies." Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin 69, no. 2 (2003). Education Full Text, WilsonWeb. http:://wilsonweb3.hwwilson.com/.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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WilsonWeb Full Text Magazine Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, publisher/vendor of database, URL of database.
Note Example
1. Anne C. Lewis, "Who's Qualified?" Education Digest, October 2003. Education Full Text, WilsonWeb, http://wilsonweb3.hwwilson.com/.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. Name of database, Publisher/vendor of database. Database URL.
Bibliography Example
Lewis, Anne C. "Who's Qualified?" Education Digest,October 2003. Education Full Text, WilsonWeb. http://wilsonweb3.hwwilson.com/.
For further help citing magazine articles, consult sections 8.97, 8.104, 8.111, 10.25, and 11.41 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.182 through 17.186 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Electronic Books
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s)/Editor, Title of Book (City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication), page number(s) for pdf files or other formats that show page numbers. URL.
Note Example
1. John Henry Hopkins, Bible View of Slavery (New York: Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge, [1863?], ) 118. http://dewey.library.upenn.edu
/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=70362_O &PagePosition=1.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s)/Editor. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. URL.
Bibliography Example
Hopkins, John Henry. Bible View of Slavery. New York: Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge, [1863?]. http://dewey. library.upenn.edu/sceti
/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=PagePosition=1.
For further help citing books, consult sections 8.1--8.96, 8.119--8.129, 8.137-8.138, 4.1-4.33, 11.1--11.38, 11.51, and 11.64 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.16 through 17.147 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Electronic Full Text Journal Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. URL.
Note Example No page numbers provided:
1. Susan Booysen , "The Dualities of Contemporary Zimbabwean Politics: Constitutionalism Versus the Law of Power and the Land, 1999-2002," African Studies Quarterly 7, no. 2 & 3 (2003). http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a1.htm.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s) only listed for pdf files. URL.
Bibliography Example No page numbers provided:
Booysen, Susan. "The Dualities of Contemporary ZimbabweanPolitics: Constitutionalism Versus the Law of Power and the Land, 1999-2002." African Studies Quarterly 7, no. 2 & 3 (2003). http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a1.htm.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Electronic Magazine Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. URL.
Note Example
1. Bill Dawson, "Sea Change for the E-Beat ... or the Doldrums?" Environment Writer, 8 November 2003. http://www.environmentwriter.org/
resources/articles/1103_pr.htm.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s) only listed for pdf files. URL.
Bibliography Example
Dawson, Bill. "Sea Change for the E-Beat ... or the Doldrums?" Environment Writer, 8 November 2003. http://www.environmentwriter.org/resources/articles/1103_pr.htm.
For further help citing magazine articles, consult sections 8.97, 8.104, 8.111, 10.25, and 11.41 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.182 through 17.186 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Online Government Documents
Note Elements
Note number. Authoring Body, Title of Work, Individual Author or editor if available, number or other identifying information listed, publisher if different from author, (Place of publication: date), page number(s) for pdf files. URL.
Note Example NOTE: The citation below includes a page number because it is a Microsoft Word document which has page numbers.
1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Testimony of Dr. Chuck Lambert, Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Charles Lambert, (Washington D.C.: 19 November 2003), 2. http://www.usda.gov/agency/
ocr/download/Agroterrorism.Lambert.111903.doc.
Bibliography Elements
Authoring Body. Title of Work. Individual Author or editor if available. number or other identifying information listed, publisher if different from author, Place of Publication, date. URL.
Bibliography Example
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Testimony of Dr. Chuck Lambert, Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate. Charles Lambert. Washington D.C., 19 November 2003. http://www.usda.gov/agency/ocr/download/ Agroterrorism.Lambert.111903.doc.
For further help citing government documents consult sections 12.8 through 12.33 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.290 through 17.356 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Web Pages
Note Elements
Note number. Author/editor of content-if no author list owner of the page, "Title of specific Web Page used." Title or owner of the site--italicized if title of site, URL (date accessed if the content is time sensitive).
Note Example
1. Yehuda Ashlag, "There is None Else Beside Him," Bnei Baruch World Wide Center for Kabbalah Studies, http://www.kabbalah.info.
Bibliography Elements
Author/editor of content--if no author list owner of the page. "Title of specific Web Page used." Title or owner of the site--italicized if title of site. URL.
Bibliography Example
Ashlag, Yehuda. "There is None Else Beside Him." Bnei Baruch World Wide Center for Kabbalah Studies. http://www.kabbalah.info.
For further help citing Web pages, consult section 17.234-17.237 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Print Books
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s)/Editor, Title of Book (City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication), page number(s).
Note Example
1. Steven J. Diner, A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era (New York: Hill and Wang, 1998), 55-57.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s)/Editor. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Bibliography Example
Diner, Steven J. A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998.
For further help citing books, consult sections 8.1--8.96, 8.119--8.129, 8.137-8.138, 4.1-4.33, 11.1--11.38, 11.51, and 11.64 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.16 through 17.141 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Print Government Documents
Note Elements
Note number. Authoring Body, Title of Work, Individual Author or editor if available, number or other identifying information listed, publisher if different from author, (Place of publication: date), page number(s).
Note Example
1. U.S. Department of Labor, Telework: The New Workplace of the 21st Century, (Washington D.C.: 2000), 45.
Bibliography Elements
Authoring Body. Title of Work. Individual Author or editor if available. number or other identifying information listed, publisher if different from author, Place of Publication, date.
Bibliography Example
U.S. Department of Labor. Telework: The New Workplace of the 21st Century. Washington D.C., 2000.
For further help citing government documents, consult sections 12.8 through 12.33 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.290 through 17.355 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Published Interview Unpublished Interview Interview by Writer of Paper

Published Interview
Note Elements
Note Number. Person or group interviewed, "Title of Article or Chapter," interview by name of interviewer, The facts of publication as for an article or book chapter.
Note Example
1. Higham, Robin, "Interview with Robin Higham," interview by Roger Adelson, Historian 60 (Spring 1998). Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost. http://search.ebscohost.com/.
Bibliography Elements
Person or group interviewed. "Title of Article or Chapter." Interview by name of interviewer. The facts of publication as for an article or book chapter.
Bibliography Example
Higham, Robin. "Interview with Robin Higham." Interview by Roger Adelson. Historian 60 (Spring 1998). Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost. http://search.ebscohost.com/.
For further help citing interviews, consult sections 8.118 and 11.48-50 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.204 through 17.207 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Unpublished Interview
Note Elements
Note number. Person or group interviewed (brief identifying information if available), interview by name of interviewer, place or date of interview or both if known, title of interview if given, transcribed by name of transcriber, medium in which the interview was conducted, collection, institution where interview is housed, city where interview is housed.
Note Example
1. Junie Edna Kaylor Aaron, interview by Jacquelyn Hall, 12 December 1979, Interview H-106, transcribed by Jean Houston, transcript, Southern Oral History Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, Chapel Hill, NC.
Bibliography Elements
Person or group interviewed (brief identifying information if available). Interview by name of interviewer, Place or date of interview or both if known. Title of interview if given, transcribed by name of transcriber, medium in which the interview was conducted. Collection, institution where interview is housed, city where interview is housed.
Bibliography Example
Aaron, Junie Edna Kaylor. Interview by Jacquelyn Hall, 12 December 1979. Interview H-106, transcribed by Jean Houston, transcript. Southern Oral History Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, Chapel Hill, NC.
For further help citing interviews, consult sections 8.118 and 11.48-50 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.204 through 17.207 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Interview by Writer of Paper
Note Elements
Note number. Person or group interviewed (brief identifying information if available), interview by author, medium in which the interview was conducted, date of interview, place of interview.
Note Example
1. Patricia Wyatt (Reference Specialist at Northwest Missouri State University), interview by author, audiorecording, 18 December 2003, Maryville, MO.
Bibliography Elements
Person or group interviewed (brief identifying information if available). Interview by author, medium in which the interview was conducted, date of interview, place of interview.
Bibliography Example
Wyatt, Patricia (Reference Specialist at Northwest Missouri State University). Interview by Connie Ury, Audiorecording. 18 December 2003, Maryville, MO.
For further help citing interviews, consult sections 8.118 and 11.48-50 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.204 through 17.207 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Print Journal Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s).
Note Example Journal with continuous pagination:
1. Landon R. Y. Storrs, "Red Scare Politics and the Suppression of Popular Front Feminism: The Loyalty Investigation of Mary Dublin Keyserling," Journal of American History 90 (September 2003): 495.

Journal paginated by issue:
1. Vanessa Gunther, "Indians and the Criminal Justice System in San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, 1850-1900," Journal of the West 39, no. 4 (2000): 28.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical volume number, issue number if issues paged separately (Date of publication including month if no issue # given): page number(s).
Bibliography Example Journal with continuous pagination:
Storrs, Landon R. Y. "Red Scare Politics and the Suppression of Popular Front Feminism: The Loyalty Investigation of Mary Dublin Keyserling." Journal of American History 90 (September 2003): 491-524.

Journal paginated by issue:
Gunther, Vanessa. "Indians and the Criminal Justice System in San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, 1850-1900." Journal of the West 39, no. 4 (2000): 26-34.
For further help citing periodical articles, consult sections 11.39--11.41, 11.57, and 8.141 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.154 through 17.181 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Print Magazine Articles
Note Elements
Note number. Author(s) or Editor, "Title of article," Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s).
Note Example
1. Nancy Gibbs, "Thou Shalt Be Removed," Time, 24 November 2003, 34.
Bibliography Elements
Author(s) or Editor. "Title of article." Title of Periodical, Date of publication, page number(s).
Bibliography Example
Gibbs, Nancy. "Thou Shalt Be Removed." Time, 11 November 2003, 34.
For further help citing magazine articles, consult sections 8.97, 8.104, 8.111, 10.25, and 11.41 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.182 through 17.186 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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Print Newspaper Articles
Newspaper citations are usually listed only in notes.
Note Elements
Note Number. Author(s) if known, "Title of article," City--if not in title or newspaper is not widely known (state if not widely known usually abbreviated) Title of Newspaper, date of publication, section number, page numbers (edition).
Note Example Widely known newspaper:
1. David Firestone, "Identity Restored to 100,000," New York Times, 30 July 2000, sec. A, 1 (L).

Newspaper that is not widely known:
1. Leslie Ackman, "She Keeps Smiling Through the Battle," Maryville (MO) Daily Forum, 30 October 2003.
For further help citing newspaper articles, consult sections 8.105--8.111, 8.138, 10.25, 11.44-45, and 11.47 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.188 through 17.203 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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No Author/Multiple Authors Examples
Note Elements NO AUTHOR:
Note number. Title, [remainder of citation]
2 OR 3 AUTHORS:
Note number. Authors, [remainder of citation]
MORE THAN 3 AUTHORS:
Note number. First Author Listerd et al., [remainder of citation]
Note Example NO AUTHOR:
1. Causes of the War, [remainder of citation]
2 OR 3 AUTHORS:
1. Connie Ury and Patricia Wyatt, [remainder of citation]
1. Connie Ury, Patricia Wyatt, and Frank Baudino, [remainder of citation]
MORE THAN 3 AUTHORS:
1. Carolyn Johnson et al., [remainder of citation]
Bibliography Elements NO AUTHOR:
Title. [remainder of citation]
2 OR 3 AUTHORS:
Authors. [remainder of citation]
MORE THAN 3 AUTHORS:
Authors. [remainder of citation]
Bibliography Example NO AUTHOR:
"The Causes of the War." [remainder of citation]
2 OR MORE AUTHORS:
Ury, Connie and Patricia Wyatt. [remainder of citation]
Ury, Connie, Patricia Wyatt, and Frank Baudino. [remainder of citation]
MORE THAN 3 AUTHORS:
Turabian:
Johnson, Carolyn, Patricia Wyatt, Frank Baudino, and Lori Mardis. [remainder of citation]
MORE THAN TEN AUTHORS:
See sections 17.29 & 17.30 in the Chicago Manual of Style.
For further help citing authors, consult sections 11.3 through 11.31 in the 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or consult sections 17.20 through 17.47 of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.

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