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Art & Graphic Design

This guide will help you find resources for your art research and assignments.

Attribution Best Practices

Using Chicago Style

The main book that will help you cite your sources and format your work in Chicago Style is The Chicago Manual of Style:

The Chicago Manual of Style 

Find it behind the Reference Desk.

 

To get you started, here's the format for citing the most common types of resources in your Chicago Style bibliography:

 

BookBook

Author's Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

 

ArticlesArticle in a Journal found in a Database

Author's Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Journal Title volume number, no. issue number (publication date): page number-page number. Accessed date. doi: 0000000/000000000000 or URL.

 

web pageWeb Source

Author's Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing Organization or Name of Web Site. Publication date and/or access date if available. URL.

 

Don't forget that you can use either the notes-bibliography system or the author-date system in Chicago Style!

 

Need more help with Chicago Style? Check out the following resources:

Need More Help?

These great websites provide a lot of examples and additional resources on multiple citation styles. 

Linscheid Library Citation Styles Guide
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)