Citing
Sources
Chicago Citation Style
(Chicago Manual of Style)
This guide has been adapted from examples provided in the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and A Short Guide to Writing About Art by Sylvan Barnet. These are the styles used most often in art research. However, bibliographic citation guides do vary; always check with professor as to style preference.
Books
One author:
Patton, Sharon F. African-American Art. Oxford History of Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Two or three authors:
Janson, H.W., and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.
Part of a book (such as an essay in a collection):
Nemerov, Howard. “On Poetry and Painting, with a Thought on Music.” In Poets on Painters, edited by J.D. McClatchy, 177-184. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
An editor:
Osborne, H., ed. Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
Journals and Magazines
Article (print):
Journal:
One author:
Winkfield, Trevor. “Looking into Vermeer.” Art in America 84, no. 5 (1996): 70-78.
Jackson, Russell. “Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon.” Shakespeare Quarterly 51 (Summer 2000): 217-229
Two or three authors:
Farmer, Alan B., and Zachary Lesser. “The Popularity of Playbooks Revisited.” Shakespeare Quarterly 56 (Winter 2005): 1-32.
Note: For journals in which each issue begins on page one, include both the volume and issue number; for journals using continuous pagination, the issue number is not necessary.
Article (print):
Magazine:
Unsigned article:
“The Search for Ideas.” U.S. News and World Report, 13 Aug. 2007, 37.
Signed article:
Sammons, Tania Jane. “Pioneers in Historic Preservation.” The Magazine Antiques, July 2007, 64.
Article (online database):
Winkfield, Trevor. “Looking into Vermeer.” Art in America May 1996. In Expanded Academic ASAP (database online). Gale Group. Accessed 5 January 2004. Available: Pine Manor College Library.
Newspapers
Article (print):
Campbell, Robert. “Richardson Revisited with Style.” Boston Globe, May 13 1986, 70.
Article (online database):
Campbell, Robert. ”Richardson Revisited with Style.” Boston Globe. May 13, 1986. In Expanded Academic ASAP (database online). Gale Group. Accessed 5 January 2004. Available: Pine Manor College Library.
Encyclopedias
Article (print):
Isaacson, Joel. “Monet, Claude.” In The Dictionary of Art, vol. 21, 861-868. London: Macmillan, 1996.
Article (online):
“Cezanne, Paul,” in Encyclopedia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9022192 (accessed August 27, 2007).
Web Sites
Authored or edited:
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed Steven van Leeuwen. 2007.
http://www.bartleby.com/. August 27, 2007.
No author or editor identified:
Degas and the Dance. Public Broadcasting Service, 1995, revised 2004.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/. 5 January 2004.
See Also...
The Chicago Manual of Style REF PE 1408. U69 2003