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Referencing style - Chicago: Newspapers

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

Newspapers

 

Material type Note (footnote) example

Shortened citation

(See CMOS18 13.33)

 Bibliography example

News or magazine article (print)

    2. John Miles, “Crime Rate on the Rise in the Suburbs,” West Australian, September 23, 2016.

     4. Miles, "Crime Rate". Miles, John, “Crime Rate on the Rise in the Suburbs,” West Australian, September 23, 2016.

News or magazine article  (online or from a database)

    1. Rebecca Nicholson, "‘I Like to Break the Rules’: Björk on Comedy, Darkness and the Most Flamboyant Tour of Her Career," The Guardian, January 12, 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/12/i-like-to-break-the-rules-bjork-on-comedy-darkness-and-the-most-flamboyant-tour-of-her-career.

For more see Chicago Manual of Style Online chapter 14 section 89.

 

     3. Nicholson, "‘I like to break the rules’".    Nicholson, Rebecca. "‘I Like to Break the Rules’: Björk on Comedy, Darkness and the Most Flamboyant Tour of Her Career." The Guardian, January 12, 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/12/i-like-to-break-the-rules-bjork-on-comedy-darkness-and-the-most-flamboyant-tour-of-her-career

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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