CMS Quick Guide
Introduction
Welcome to our quick guide for citing sources following the guidelines set out in the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.). Scan the list for the type of citation you need and click on the link to find detailed instructions.
All Citations
Books
Book (basic format)
Book with multiple authors
Book with editor, translator, compiler
Book with author and editor, translator, or compiler
Book with other contributors
Book chapter
Chapter in a collection or anthology
Introduction, preface, or afterword
Multi-volume work
Reference Work
Online book
Bible
Dissertation
Periodicals
Article (basic format)
Online article
Forthcoming article
Article without continuous pagination
Article with access date
Special issue
Magazine
Review
Abstract
Online Sources
Entire website
Page of a website
Online article
Online book
Blog
Video on a website
Podcast
App
Comment
Social media
Social media comment
Newspapers
Newspaper articles
Online newspaper article
Editorial
Letter or comment
Article with no author
Audio-visual Sources
Videos
TV series
Music recording
Presentation
Performance
Other audio files