Journal of Web Librarianship

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Guide to the Chicago Manual of Style, Author-Date system

Books (One Author)

Book (Two to three authors)

Book (Four or more authors)

Books (Corporate or Organizational author)

Newspaper Article

Electronic Journal Article

 

Electronic Book

Journal Article (One author)

Journal Article (Two authors)

Journal Article (Three or more authors)

Web Site

Examples of In-text Citation Placement

Additional Guidelines

 

Books (One Author)


Reference List:

Sterne, Jim. 2002. Web metrics: Proven methods for measuring web site success. New York: Wiley.


In-text citation:

Jim Sterne (2002) explains numerous methods for measuring web site success.

OR

Numerous methods exist for measuring web site success (Sterne 2002).

 

Book (Two to three authors)


Reference List:

Smith, David J., and Greg E. Miller, eds. 1998. Theory and concepts in library research: measurements from the field. New York: College Press.

In-Text citation:

(Smith and Miller 1998)


David Smith and Greg E. Miller (1998) both explained their theories concerning library science and their measurements from the field. (use first names upon first citing these authors)


Smith and Miller (1998) took many measurements. (use just last names for subsequent citations)


Book (Four to ten authors)

Reference List:


Brite, Hue, Mark Kopinski, Jason Vantine, and Rose McKay. 2001. Why to keep ebooks. Chicago: College Press.


In-text:

(Brite, et al. 2001, 262)


Hue Brite, Mark Kopinski, Jason Vantine, and Rose McKay (2001) all are strong advocates for keeping ebooks around.


Brite, Kopinski, Vantine, and McKay (2001) all agree there are both pros and cons concerning ebooks.


Books (Corporate or Organizational author)

Reference List:


Illinois State University. Natural Resources Institute. 1956. A directory of Indiana facilities and services for resource conservation. Columbus: Natural Resources Institute.

In-Text:

(Illinois State 1956)


Resource conservation is very important to the Natural Resources Institute (Illinois State 1956), which keeps a careful directory of Indiana's facilities and services.


Journal Article (One author)

Reference List:


Peters, Ted A. 1993. The history and development of transaction log analysis. Library Hi Tech 11(2): 41-66.

In-Text: (Peters 1993, 66)


Ted Peters (1993) explained the vast history and transaction of log analysis.

 


Journal Article (Two authors)

Reference List:


Fraser, Bruce T. and Charles R. McClure. 2002. Toward a framework for assessing library and institutional outcomes. portal: Libraries and the Academy 2(2): 505-528.


In-text:

(Fraser and McClure 2002, 505)


Bruce T. Fraser and Charles R. McClure (2002, 505) described how they helped build the framework for assessing library and institutional outcomes.

Journal Article (Three or more authors)

Reference List:


Blake, Larry, Ronald Dodge, Hanna Saffard, and Terry Curran. 2008. Building relationships with your co-workers in a library setting. portal: Libraries and the Academy 6(3): 100-110.


In-Text:

(Blake et al. 2008, 105)


Larry Blake, et al. (2008, 105) all agree that it is essential to begin building professionally beneficial relationships with your co-workers on your very first day.


Newspaper Article

Reference List:


Do not include in Reference List. Citation is made in running text style as shown in the In Text example below.


In-Text:


In an article on computer viruses (New York Times, April 10, 2005), Laurie Bet and William Miller describe...

 

Electronic Journal Article


If a citation for a print version of an electronic article can be identified, please cite the print version. Include the DOI if available. If no print version exists, cite as follows:


Reference List:


Brown, Trevor M. 1987. Wales: Land of mines and quarries.
National Geographic 46(8): 77-99. http://www.jstor.org/ (accessed June 30, 2001).

In-Text:

(Brown 1987)


Trevor Brown (1987) said he is always excited to discuss mines and quarries.

 

Electronic Book

Reference List:


King, Bernard A. 1996. The unheeded cry: Animal
consciousness, animal pain, and science. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press. http://www.netlibrary.com (accessed June 30, 2005).

In-Text:

(King 1996)


According to King (1996) animals are very much aware of pain the same way humans are.

 

Web Site


Reference List:


Parsons, Tanya. 2007. Journal ranks top 25 unanswered library questions.
http://www.news.nationalgeographic.com (accessed July 12, 2007).

In-Text:

(Parsons 2007)
On the National Geographic website (2007), Parsons answers the top unanswered library questions.

 

Examples of In-text Citation Placement


1. Block Quote:
Some researchers discuss how they chose the structure for their wiki:


We have also seen a number of wikis where the community-defined structure itself served as a barrier to new users. Both of us had been stymied before by wikis that contained an underlying information structure so idiosyncratic we could not find our way to the information we wanted. We decide to address this by developing the initial structure ourselves, with feedback from users. We planned a fairly slow and controlled process , working on different parts of the structure at different times. (Deitering and Bridgewater 2007)

 

2. Direct Quote:

"Almost all faculty members completed their initial task" (Brown 2007).

 

3. Paraphrase:

Web analytics are used widely by commercial companies and marketing departments to assess the effectiveness of their Web sites (Sterne 2002).

 

Additional Guidelines


1. When using an author's name for the first time, use his/her full name (first and last) if writing his/her name in text. For example,
Jim Sterne (2002) explains numerous methods for measuring web site success.


2. If including a page number, as you would with a direct quote citation, use the following format for in-text citations:
In 2001, Brown and Duguid described these as "networks of practice" (203).
Some refer to these communities as "networks of practice" (Brown and Duguid 2001, 203).

 
This guide was created by Elizabeth Kline, Editorial Assistant, Spring 2009.
Please send any suggestions to jweblib@gmail.com