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Chicago/Turabian Style Citation Examples

Find how to cite a web page, journal, book, eBook, textbook, magazine, newspaper, video, DVD, TV show, Twitter, or Instagram. Find how to format in-text/parenthetical citations, foot/endnotes, and how to cite when no author or date.

Articles

REFERENCE LIST (ONE AUTHOR)   

(For more examples refer to section 19.2 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Levers 2023, 398-399)

*Use et al only in in-text citation when there are 4+ authors

REFERENCE LIST (ONE AUTHOR)   

(For more examples refer to section 19.3 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Barry et al. 2022, 20)

*Use et al only in in-text citation when there are 4+ authors

REFERENCE LIST (ONE AUTHOR)   

(For more examples refer to section 19.4 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Miller 2023)

Books

REFERENCE LIST (ONE AUTHOR)   

(For more examples refer to sections 19.1.1-9 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Larson 2018, 121)
(Author's last name exactly as given in reference list Year, page number(s))

REFERENCE LIST (EDITED BOOK)   

(For more examples refer to sections 19.1.1-9 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(McGinley, Burk, and Ward 2022, 157-158)

REFERENCE LIST (Multiple authors NOT editors)   

(For more examples refer to sections 19.1.1-9 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Webb and Hessel 2022, 203)

*Use et al only in in-text citation when there are 4+ authors

REFERENCE LIST (ELECTRONIC BOOK)   

(For more examples refer to section 19.1.10 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Weaver 2014, 74)

Gov't/legal

REFERENCE LIST   

(For more examples refer to section 19.11.2 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(US Senate 2023, 93-95)

REFERENCE LIST   

(For more examples refer to section 19.11.2 in the 9th edition)

The US Constitution and amendments do not need to be included in reference list and should only be cited in-text/parenthetical citations.

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)  

(US Constitution, art. 1, sec. 4)

REFERENCE LIST   

(For more examples refer to section 19.11.2 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(US House 2023, H5898)

Web pages

REFERENCE LIST   

(For more examples refer to section 19.5 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(Swaim 2023)

REFERENCE LIST   

(For more examples refer to section 19.5 in the 9th edition)

PARENTHETICAL CITATION (IN-TEXT)

(World Health Organization 2023)

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