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Chicago Manual of Style: Journal Articles

Print Journals

Note

Susan Satterfield, “Livy and the Pax Deum,” Classical Philology 111, no. 2 (April 2016): 170

Shortened note

Satterfield, “Livy,” 172–73.

Bibliography

Satterfield, Susan. “Livy and the Pax Deum.” Classical Philology 111, no. 2 (April 2016): 165–76.

Journal Article with Multiple Authors (three or more authors)

Note
Beddington, John R, et al. “The Role for Scientists in Tackling Food Insecurity and Climate Change.” Agriculture & Food Security 1, no. 1 (2012): 10–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/2048-7010-1-10.

Shortened note

Beddington, “The Role of Scientists,” 1-5.

Bibliography

Beddington, John R, Mohammed Asaduzzaman, Megan E Clark, Adrian Fernández Bremauntz, Marion D Guillou, Molly M Jahn, and Erda Lin. “The Role for Scientists in Tackling Food Insecurity and Climate Change.” Agriculture & Food Security 1, no. 1 (2012): 10–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/2048-7010-1-10.

Multiple Authors Rule
In a Chicago style footnote, list up to three authors. If there are more than three, name only the first author, followed by “et al.” In the bibliography, list up to 10 authors. If there are more than 10, list the first seven followed by “et al.”

Online Journals

Note

Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem, “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality,” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 9–10, https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

Shortened note

Keng, Lin, and Orazem, “Expanding College Access,” 23.

  • Abbreviated Form: Keng, Lin, and Orazem, 24. ( author and page are appropriate only when it refers to the last item cited​).

Bibliography

Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

Journal Article Without Page Numbers

Note

Shelly Jamison, “I(nternet) Do(mains): The New Rules of Selection,” Culture Critique 3, no. 5 (2009), under “Park Avenue Revisited.”

Shortened Note

Jamison, "I(nternet) Do(mains)".

Bibliography

Jamison, Shelly.  “I(nternet) Do(mains): The New Rules of Selection” Culture Critique 3, no. 5 (2009). Under “Park Avenue Revisited.”

According to CMS:

"Most electronic journals provide page numbers. Where this is not the case, another type of locator such as a subheading may become appropriate in a note. None, however, is required."