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Citations and references

Work in progress


The book currently uses the Chicago Manual of Style for citations. For more information and examples citating using on the Chicago Manual of style, see The Chicago Manual of Style.

Citing a book

FirstName LastName, Book Title (City, State of publication: Publisher, Publication year), page number(s) if a direct quote.

Example:

Zadie Smith, Swing Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2016), 315–16.

Citing a journal article

FirstName LastName, “Article Title,” Journal Title volume number, issue number (Publication Year): page numbers, link or DOI if available.

Example:

Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem, “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality,” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 9–10, https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

Citing a news or magazine article

FirstName LastName, “Article Title,” Publication Title, Month Day, Year. Include URL if available.

Example:

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

Citing a blog post

FirstName LastName, “Blog Post Title,” Blog Title, Month Day, Year, link.

Example:

Deb Amlen, “One Who Gives a Hoot,” Wordplay, January 26, 2015, http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/one-who-gives-a-hoot/.

Citing website content

“Page Title,” Company, last modified Month Day, Year, link.

Example:

"Privacy Policy", Privacy & Term", Google, last modified April 17, 2017, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Internal referencing

When referencing Parts, Chapters, or Sections, use their titles in quotes.

Example:

  • In the Part of the book on 'Freedom'
  • In our Chapter 'The Lost Dao'