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Chicago B (Author-date)

ACU Library guide to Chicago B: author-date referencing style

With DOI

Reference list

Surname, First name. Year of publication. "Title of Article." Journal Title Volume, no. issue (Month, Season): Page range. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Kaboski, Joseph P., and Trevon D. Logan. 2011. "Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence From the American Past." Journal of Human Capital 5, no. 2 (Summer): 111-52. https://doi.org/10.1086/660297.

Lloyd, L. 2004. "Mortality and Morality: Ageing and the Ethics of Care." Ageing and Society 24 (2): 235-56. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X03001648.

In-text

(Kaboski and Trevon 2011, 113)

Kaboski and Trevon (2011, 113) argue that …

Notes

  • If month or season are unavailable, the issue number is placed in parenthesis next to the volume number and the 'no.' is omitted, for example, (4).
  • When only an issue number is used it is not enclosed in parentheses, for example, no.3.
  • Include the page number range in reference list and cite specific page in the in-text citation.
  • If the author's given name is provided, use the full name.
  • Words in the titles and subtitles are capitalised, except articles and prepositions.
  • Access dates are not usually required unless there is no date of publication.
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format.

Without DOI

Reference list

Surname, First name. Year of publication. "Title of Article." Journal Title Volume, no. issue (Month, Season): Page range. url

Williams, Tyler M.. 2020. "Derrida and the Censorship of Literature." CR: The New Centennial Review 20, no. 1 (Spring): 1-22. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/crnewcentrevi.20.1.0001.

McClure, Laura. 1993. ""The Worst Husband": Discourses of Praise and Blame in Euripides' Medea." Classical Philology 94 (4): 373-94. http://www.jstor.org/stable/270572.

Xiao, Xi. 2012. "Chinese Education in Diplomacy." China: An International Journal 10, no. 1 (March): 77-92. Project MUSE.

In-text

(Williams 2020, 25)

Williams (2020, 25) argues that …

Notes

  • If month or season are unavailable, the issue number is placed in parenthesis next to the volume number and the 'no.' is omitted, for example, (4).
  • When only an issue number is used it is not enclosed in parentheses, for example, no.3.
  • For articles consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database in the reference list entry.
  • If the author's given name is provided, use the full name.
  • Words in the titles and subtitles are capitalised, except articles and prepositions.
  • Access dates are not usually required unless there is no date of publication.
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format.