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CHICAGO REFERENCING STYLE GUIDE
Chicago Referencing Style Guide ...................... 1
Referencing ........................................................... 2
Academic honesty and plagiarism .................... 2
About the Chicago style ...................................... 2
Referencing sources within the text of the
paper ...................................................................... 3
Footnotes .............................................................. 4
Bibliography ......................................................... 5
Electronic items ................................................... 7
Referencing secondary sources ......................... 7
Books and book chapters .................................... 8
Single author ................................................ 8
Two or three authors .................................. 8
Four or more authors ................................. 8
No author (incl. dictionary or
encyclopedia) ............................................... 8
Edited book .................................................. 8
Chapter or article in book ......................... 9
Chapter or article in an edited book ....... 9
E-book ........................................................... 9
Journal articles, newspaper articles and
conference papers .............................................. 10
Journal article (print version) ............... 10
Journal article (full-text from electronic
database) ..................................................... 10
Non-English journal article translated
into English ................................................ 10
Newspaper article ...................................... 11
Newspaper article (from electronic
database) ...................................................... 11
Article (from the internet) ....................... 11
Proceedings of meetings and
symposiums, conference papers ........... 12
Other materials .................................................. 12
Interview unpublished/ personal
communication ......................................... 12
Online lecture / lecture notes ................ 13
Music score ................................................. 13
Article/chapter from unit reader .......... 14
Video (from the internet) ........................ 14
Audio (from the internet) ....................... 14
Thesis ........................................................... 15
Unpublished works or documents
(archived manuscripts or letters) ......... 15
Web page /document on the internet .. 16