Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide

Author-Date System

Quick Guide examples for journal articles from Chicago. Journal article (also known as periodical) citation rules. 

• Include the page number of the citation in the in-text citation, and the full page range in the reference list
• Use a DOI (digital object identifier) as the preferred link to the article. If a DOI is unavailable, use the URL (uniform resource locator)
• Titles of journals should be italicized if referred to in the text. Example: Journal of the Institute for the Humanities
• The month or season can usually be omitted, as 13.26: Journal Article
• The 18th Edition changes can be found here

For one to two authors, list all names within in-text citations and in the reference list.

See 13.23: Book with Multiple Authors or Editors., 13.107 Author-Date - Book with Multiple Authors.

In-text

(Visintini and McEwan 2024, 162).  

Reference list

Visintini, Sarah, and Jessica McEwan. 2024. “Tiny? Make It Mighty! Maximizing a Limited-Budget Upgrade of a Pint-Sized Hospital Library Using UX Methods.” Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association (JCHLA) 45 (3): 161–75. doi:10.29173/jchla29774.

If the article has three or more authors, list only the first author in the in-text citation, followed by "et al." 

In the reference list, list up to six authors. If there are more than six authors, list only the first three in the reference list, followed by "et al."

See 13.23: Book with Multiple Authors or Editors, 13.107 Author-Date - Book with Multiple Authors.

In-text

(Hoffman et al. 2016, 600).

Reference list

Hoffman, Louis, Nathaniel Granger, Jr., Lisa Vallejos, and Michael Moats. 2016. "An Existential-Humanistic Perspective on Black Lives Matter and Contemporary Protest Movements." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 56 (6): 595-611. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/10.1177/0022167816652273.