Chicago Citation Style

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition

Follow these color codes:
Author(s) Date Title of Book Title of Article Title of Periodical
Volume Pages Place of Publication Publisher Other Information

Book

Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. 1993. Star trek chronology: The

history of the future. New York: Pocket Books.

Journal Article

Wilcox, Rhonda V. 1991. Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star

trek: The next generation. Studies in Popular Culture 13 (2): 53-65.

Magazine Article
Do not include the page numbers in the reference list. Cite the specific pages in the parenthetical
reference. (section 17.183)

Smith, Jane. 1996. There is no resisting the Borg queen. Maclean's,

December 2.

Newspaper Article
Do not include the page numbers in the reference list or the parenthetical reference. If the
newspaper has several editions, include that information as shown under the next item.
(section 17.188).

Di Rado, Alicia. 1995. Trekking through college: Classes explore

modern society using the world of Star trek. Los Angeles Times,

March 15, sec. A.

Newspaper Article - No Author (section 17.192)

Do not follow this format for other items without an author. See notes below.

Newsday. 2003. Activision suing over Star trek. July 2, Queens edition,
 sec. A.

Encyclopedia Article
Well known, alphabetically arranged reference books used as sources are not included
in the reference list but are cited in the text (section 17.238). Examples:

 In his article on science fiction in the 1995 edition of the

Encyclopedia Americana, Theodore Sturgeon says that the

phrase, science fiction, was created by Hugo Gernsback.

 Theodore Sturgeon says that the phrase, science fiction, was

created by Hugo Gernsback (Encyclopedia Americana, 1995 ed.,

s.v. "Science fiction.").

Articles from less well known reference books can be treated as a Book Article or Chapter

Book Article or Chapter (sections 17.68-17.70)

For multivolume books, include the volume number before the page number (ex. 3:26-27)
(section 17.87).

James, Nancy E. 1988. Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth

according to Kirk and Spock. In Spectrum of the fantastic,

ed. Donald Palumbo, 219-223. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

ERIC Document (section 17.242)

Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn. 1993. Sibling communication in Star trek: The

next generation: Conflicts between brothers. Miami, FL: Speech

Communication Association, text-fiche, ED364932.

Website (section 17.237)

Lynch, Tim. 1996. Review of DS9 trials and tribble-ations. Psi Phi:
Bradley's Science Fiction Club. http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/

psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html (accessed October 8, 1997).