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Basic CMoS format for Books:

FOOTNOTE OR ENDNOTE (N):

1. First name Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

CORRESPONDING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY (B):

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR 

N:

1.  Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (New York: Viking Press, 1958), 128.  

B:

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: Viking Press, 1958.

Basic CMoS Format for Periodicals

"Notes and bibliographic entries for a journal include the following: full name of the author(s), article title, journal title, and issue information. Issue information refers to volume, issue number, month, year, and page number(s). For online works, retrieval information and the date of access are also included.

N:

1. Susan Peck MacDonald, “The Erasure of Language,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 619.

B:

MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625.

Basic MLA format for a book:

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.

Basic MLA Format for Scholarly Articles:

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.

Most articles found in library databases will be scholarly articles that should be cited in this format. If you find articles elsewhere, or aren't sure what kind of article you have, check the "MLA Citations for Periodicals" link above to help identify what you have.