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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Magazine Article (1 author)

An introductory guide to creating notes and bibliography entries in accordance with the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (2017).

 

 

NOTES ENTRY — Magazine Article with 1 Author

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a magazine article written by 1 person.


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • AUTHOR'S NAME [comma]
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF ARTICLE [comma] [quotation mark]
  • TITLE OF MAGAZINE in italics [comma]
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION [comma]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [comma]
  • STABLE URL [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. Author's Name, "Title of Article," Title of Magazine in Italics, Date, Page Number(s), URL.

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Laken Litman, "A Timeline of Progress (and Regress) in Women's Soccer," Sports Illustrated, June 3, 2019, 60, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=136724609&site=ehost-live.
  2. Larry Bierman, "Ripping Up a Magazine Burns 28 Calories," Men's Health, March 2019, 14, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=134442759&site=ehost-live.
  3. Rebecca Leber, "Climate Disasters Will Happen Everywhere, Anytime," Vox, September 13, 2023, https://www.vox.com/climate/23870591/fall-climate-el-nino-hurricane-wildfires. [article has no page numbers]
  4. Winthrop A. Hamlin, "Protecting Business Assets," Spectator, December 5, 1940, 24-25, https://archive.org/details/sim_spectator-an-american-review-of-insurance_1940-12-19_145_12/page/n51/mode/1up.
  5. Mark Wilson, "The Cinema Glory Days Are Coming Back," Caribbean Beat, March-April 2002, https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-54/glory-days-coming-back#axzz8DK5T5plp. [article has no page numbers]

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Magazine Article with 1 Author


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma]
  • [quotation mark] SHORTENED TITLE OF ARTICLE [comma] [quotation mark]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. Author's Last Name, "Shortened Title of Article," Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Litman, "Timeline of Progress," 59.
  2. Bierman, "Ripping Up a Magazine," 14.
  3. Leber, "Climate Disasters." [article has no page numbers]
  4. Hamlin, "Protecting Business Assets," 24-25.
  5. Wilson, "Cinema Glory Days." [article has no page numbers]

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Magazine Article with 1 Author


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma] AUTHOR'S FIRST NAME [period]
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF ARTICLE [period] [quotation mark]
  • TITLE OF MAGAZINE in italics [comma]
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION [period]
  • STABLE URL [period]


    FORMATTING:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine in Italics, Date. URL.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Litman, Laken. "A Timeline of Progress (and Regress) in Women's Soccer." Sports Illustrated, June 3, 2019. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=136724609&site=ehost-live.

Bierman, Larry. "Ripping Up a Magazine Burns 28 Calories." Men's Health, March 2019. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=134442759&site=ehost-live.

Leber, Rebecca. "Climate Disasters Will Happen Everywhere, Anytime." Vox, September 13, 2023. https://www.vox.com/climate/23870591/fall-climate-el-nino-hurricane-wildfires.

Hamlin, Winthrop A. "Protecting Business Assets." Spectator, December 5, 1940. https://archive.org/details/sim_spectator-an-american-review-of-insurance_1940-12-19_145_12/page/n51/mode/1up.

Wilson, Mark. "The Cinema Glory Days Are Coming Back." Caribbean Beat, March/April 2002. https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-54/glory-days-coming-back#axzz8DK5T5plp.