What is it?
The Chicago Manual of Style is often used to document sources for papers in the humanities(history, fine arts, and political science).
What is a DOI?
A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string that is used to identify a certain source (usually journal articles).
Example: doi:10.1080/14622200410001676305
If a DOI is listed on an electronic source, it is included in the reference. When there is a choice between using a DOI or a URL, use the DOI. For more information on DOIs and how they relate to journal articles, check out pages 664 to 665 and 733 to 734 of the The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.).
Article from an online magazine
General format
- Full note:
1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, "Article Title," Magazine Title, Month Day, Year, doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxxOR URL of article web page.
- Concise note:
2. Author Surname, "Article Title."
- Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Month Day, Year. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxxOR URL of article web page.
Example
- Full note:
1. Joseph Boyden, "The Lessons Not Learned from the Gulf Coast Oil Spill: It's been a Year Since the BP Disaster, and Nobody has Learned Anything," Macleans, May 2, 2011, http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/spilling-over/.
- Concise note:
2. Boyden, "The Lessons Not Learned."
- Bibliography:
Joseph Boyden. "The Lessons Not Learned from the Gulf Coast Oil Spill: It's been a Year Since the BP Disaster, and Nobody has Learned Anything." Macleans, May 2, 2011. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/spilling-over/.
Article from an online newspaper
General format
- Full note:
1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, "Article Title," Newspaper Title, Month Day, Year, URL.
- Concise note:
2. Author Surname, "Article Title."
- Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. "Article Title." Newspaper Title, Month Day, Year. URL.
Example
- Full note:
1. Andrew Chung, "Duceppe Resigns as Bloc Quebecois Drowns in an Orange Tsunami," Toronto Star, April 10, 2000, http://www.thestar.com/.
- Concise note:
2.Chung, "Duceppe Resigns."
- Bibliography:
Andrew Chung. "Duceppe Resigns as Bloc Quebecois Drowns in an Orange Tsunami." Toronto Star. April 10, 2000. http://www.thestar.com/.
This is the end of our section on Chicago referencing of articles. The next section covers websites and multimedia items.