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Iona University Libraries Research Guide on Citing Source

Author-Date: Reference Page Examples

Note - This style is not used as frequently as Notes - Bibliography.

 

 

Rules for the Reference List

  • The Reference List is titled References and is centered on the page
  • Skip two lines between the title and the first entry
  • Entries are single spaced
  • Hanging indent if entry is more than one line
  • Skip one line between entries
  • Entries are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the first author
  • If there is no author, use the first word of the title of the work
  • This format is similar to Note/Bibliography, but the date appears directly after the author's name
  • If more than two authors invert the name of the first author but not the subsequent authors
    • Smith, Jones

Format for Single Author:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume (Issue): Page Range of Article. URL/DOI.

Format for Multiple Authors:

Author Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Year. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume (Issue): Page Range of Article. URL/DOI.

Example:

Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. 2017. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Month Day, Year.

Example:

Mead, Rebecca. 2017. “The Prophet of Dystopia.” New Yorker, April 17, 2017.

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Article Title." Newspaper Title, Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

Manjoo, Farhad. 2017. “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera.” New York Times, March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.

Note:

Multiple authors: Author Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. 

 

E-books

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. Book Title. Place: Publisher. URL.

Example:

Melville, Herman. 1851. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers. http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-whale-proofs.html.

 

Edited or translated Print Books

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name, ed. Year. Book Title. Place: Publisher.

Example:

Silverstein, Theodore, trans. 1974. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

 

Chapter in a Print Book

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Chapter/Essay Title." In Book Title, edited by Editor First Name Last Name, Inclusive Pages of Chapter/Essay. Place: Publisher.

Example:

Gould, Glenn. 1984. “Streisand as Schwarzkopf.” In The Glenn Gould Reader, edited by Tim Page, 308–11. New York: Vintage Books.

 

Print Book

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. Book Title. Place: Publisher.

Example:

Smith, Zadie. 2016. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press.

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Last Modified Year. "Page Title." Website Title. Last modified Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

Google. 2017. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Blog

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Post Title," Blog Title (blog), Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

Germano, William. 2017. “Futurist Shock.” Lingua Franca (blog), Chronicle of Higher Education. February 15, 2017. http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2017/02/15/futurist-shock/.

 

Social Medial

Format:

Author's Real Last Name, First Name (Screen name). Year. "up to 160 characters of text of post." Social Media Service Name, Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2016. “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit.” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

Video

Format:

Author's Real Last Name, First Name (Screen name). Year. "up to 160 characters of text of post." Social Media Service Name, Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2016. “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit.” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

 

Episode of a Series

Format:

Director Last Name, First Name, dir. Year aired. TV Show Title., Season number, episode number, "Episode Title." Aired Month Day, Year, on Network. Medium or URL for online access.

Example:

Silberling, Brad, dir. 2014. Jane the Virgin. Season 1, episode 1, "Chapter One." Aired October 13, 2014, on The CW. https://www.netflix.com/title/80027158.

 

Audio

Format:

Lastn Name, First Name. Date “Speech Title.” Location of speech. Medium, running time. Information on where the recording can be found.

Example:

Coolidge, Calvin. [1920?]. “Equal Rights” (speech). In “American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918–1920.” Library of Congress. Copy of an undated 78 rpm disc, RealAudio and WAV formats, 3:45. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/.

 

Film

Format:

Director Last Name, First Name, dir. Original Film Release Year. Film Title. Place: Studio/Distributor, Release Year of Medium Used. Medium.

Example:

Scott, Ridley, dir. 1991. Thelma & Louise. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2004. DVD.

If your professor permits the use of AI, Chicago requires that you credit AI-generated material with an in-text citation but do not include it on the reference page.

 

In-text citation example:

(ChatGPT, May 4, 2023)

 

Additional information on artificial intelligence is found on the Style Q&A page of The Chicago Manual of Style Online at chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html

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