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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Newspaper Article (anonymous 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 — Newspaper Article with Anonymous Author

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a newspaper article written by an unnamed person.


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

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


    FORMATTING:

  1. "Title of Article," Title of Newspaper in Italics, Date, Page Number(s), URL.

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. "Fight for a Babe," Sedalia (MO) Sunday Democrat, December 31, 1905, 1, https://archive.org/details/sedalia-sunday-democrat-1905-12-31/mode/2up.
  2. "Fire Ants Find a New Home," Plain Dealer (Cleveland), September 13, 2023, A9. [article from a physical copy]
  3. "Tuba City School Elects Officers," Navajo Times (Window Rock, AZ), December 19, 1963, 8, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047513/1963-12-19/ed-1/seq-8.
  4. "Calgary Restricts Outdoor Water Use," Toronto Star, August 16, 2023, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=6FPTS2023081668763526&login.asp&site=ehost-live. [article has no page numbers]
  5. "Rules for College Track Meets," New-York Tribune, March 1, 1903, part 1, 7, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1903-03-01/ed-1/seq-7.

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Newspaper Article with Anonymous Author


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

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


    FORMATTING:

  1. "Shortened Title of Article," Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. "Fight for a Babe," 1.
  2. "Fire Ants," A9.
  3. "Tuba City School," 8.
  4. "Calgary Restricts." [article has no page numbers]
  5. "College Track Meets," 7.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Newspaper Article with Anonymous Author


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • TITLE OF NEWSPAPER in italics [period]
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF ARTICLE [period] [quotation mark]
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION [period]
  • STABLE URL [period]


    FORMATTING:

Title of Newspaper in Italics. "Title of Article."  Date. URL.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Sedalia (MO) Sunday Democrat. "Fight for a Babe." December 31, 1905. https://archive.org/details/sedalia-sunday-democrat-1905-12-31/mode/2up.

Plain Dealer (Cleveland). "Fire Ants Find a New Home." September 13, 2023. [article from a physical copy]

Navajo Times (Window Rock, AZ). "Tuba City School Elects Officers." December 19, 1963. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047513/1963-12-19/ed-1/seq-8.

Toronto Star. "Calgary Restricts Outdoor Water Use." August 16, 2023. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=6FPTS2023081668763526&login.asp&site=ehost-live.

New-York Tribune. "Rules for College Track Meets." March 1, 1903. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1903-03-01/ed-1/seq-7.