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Referencing style - Chicago: Journal Articles

A guide to using the Chicago 18th referencing style for footnotes and reference lists.

Journal Articles

Journal articles consulted online should include a URL, preferably the DOI with the prefix "https://doi/org" see the examples below.

 

Material type Note (footnote) example

Subsequent note entry

(See CMOS18 13.33)

 Bibliography example
Journal article 

    1. First Name Surname, "Title of Article," Title of Journal Volume number, issue number (year published): Page number, URL.

 

*Online journal articles should include a URL, the DOI link is preferable.

    5. Surname, "Shortened Title", Page number. Surname, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number, issue number (year published): Page range. URL.

Journal article: one author

 

     1. Margaret MacNamidhe, “Practice, Research and the Visual Arts,” Journal of Visual Art Practice 23, no. 4 (2024): 355, https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2024.2422199.

      5. MacNamidhe, "Visual Arts," 356.

MacNamidhe, Margaret. “Practice, Research and the Visual Arts.” Journal of Visual Art Practice 23, no. 4 (2024): 355–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2024.2422199.
Journal article: two authors

    1. Kingsley Marshall and Rupert Loydell, “Thinking inside the Box: Brian Eno, Music, Movement and Light.,” Journal of Visual Art Practice 16, no. 2 (2016): 104, https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2016.1195073

 

     5. Marshall and Loydell, "Thinking inside the Box," 105. Marshall, Kingsley, and Rupert Loydell. “Thinking inside the Box: Brian Eno, Music, Movement and Light.” Journal of Visual Art Practice 16, no. 2 (2016): 104–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2016.1195073

Journal article: three or more authors

      1.  Alex Osei Afriyie et al., “Environmental Sustainability through Recycled Polythene Textile Art,” Journal of Visual Art Practice 21, no. 2 (2022): 175. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2022.2069918

 

 

*In the note, list only the first author followed by 'et al.' (and others), see CMOS18 13.78

      5. Afriyie et al., "Polythene Textile Art", 176.

Afriyie, Alex Osei, Benjamin Kwablah Asinyo, Raphael Kanyire Seidu, and Charles Frimpong. “Environmental Sustainability through Recycled Polythene Textile Art.” Journal of Visual Art Practice 21, no. 2 (2022): 175–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2022.2069918

 

*In the bibliography, list up to six authors. 

*If more than six, list only the first three followed by 'et al.' 
Journal article: online without a stable URL

    1. Simon Anderson, "Perth Arena," Architecture Australia 102, no.5 (2013): 35, Academic Search Premier.

 

*If no stable DOI or URL, use the name of the database.

    5. Anderson, "Perth Arena," 36. Anderson, Simon. "Perth Arena." Architecture Australia 102, no. 5 (2013): 34-41. Academic Search Premier.

 

Creating Notes (Footnotes) using Microsoft Word

By default, Microsoft Word will format footnotes at the end of the page with a superscript number and no indent.  

For the Chicago Notes and Bibliography style, you will need to manually change the font size of footnote number and indent it.

See our instructions on how to create a Note (footnote) in Word and manually edit the format according to the Chicago Notes and Bibliography style.

Please check with your Unit Coordinator to see if their preference is to use the formal Chicago style footnote formatting or the default Word format.

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