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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide

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

Newspaper Article With Anonymous Author

 

 

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.