Welcome to the Academy of Art Library's Chicago Citation Guide. Below, you will find examples for citing the books, articles and other resources that you have used in your research. Chicago citations are typically used in the discipline of Art History because this style "allows scholars to accurately and thoroughly denote and differentiate scriptural, classical, archival, and other historical sources, as well as to represent the range of multimedia and other new electronic forms of publication."¹
This guide has been updated to reflect changes in the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.
Use the information on this page as well as the links below to learn more about Chicago Style citations.
Always make sure to double check the assignment instructions before choosing a citation style.
Chicago Style Citation Quick Guide
1."Cite Source - Chicago Manual of Style." Cite Source - Chicago Manual of Style. Accessed July 28, 2016. http://citesource.trincoll.edu/chicago/.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher City: Publisher Name, Year Published.
Example - One Author:
Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2011.
​Example - Two Authors:
McCarty, Cara, and Matilda McQuaid. Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese
Textiles.New York: Museum of Modern Art,1998.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Journal Name Volume Number (Year Published): Page
Numbers.
Example:
Smith, Lance C., and Richard Q. Shin. "Negotiating the Intersection of Racial Oppression and
Heteronormativity." Journal of Homosexuality 62, no. 11 (2015): 1459-484.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. Encyclopedia/Dictionary name, Edition ed., s.v. “Article Title.” Publication
City: Publisher Name, Year Published.
Example:
Smith, John. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., s.v. “Internet.” Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica,
2009.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Newspaper Name, Publication Date.
Example:
Pogash, Carol. "In San Jose, Poor Find Doors to Library Closed." The New York Times, March
31, 2016.
To document generative AI content in Chicago style, create a numbered footnote or endnote.
Example:
1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
Please note:
"Don’t cite ChatGPT in a bibliography or reference list unless you provide a publicly available link (e.g., via a browser extension like ShareGPT or A.I. Archives). Though OpenAI assigns unique URLs to conversations generated from your prompts, those can’t be used by others to access the same content (they require your login credentials), making a ChatGPT conversation like an email, phone, or text conversation—or any other type of personal communication."
“Citation, Documentation of Sources.” The Chicago Manual of Style Online. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html (September 8, 2023).
Format: Books Downloaded from a Library or Bookseller
Author, A. Date of original publication. Title of E-book: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher.
Source.
Example:
Wilson, Siona. Art Labor, Sex Politics: Feminist Effects in 1970s British Art and Performance.
Minneapolis, US: University Of Minnesota Press, 2015. ProQuest ebrary.
Format: Books Consulted Online
Author, A. Title of E-book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication date.
url/doi:10.XXXX/XXXXXXXX.XX.
Example:
Seaward, Brian Luke. Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Wellbeing.
Boston: Jones & Bartlett, 1999. ttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db= nlebk&AN=25788&site=ehost-live&ebv=1&ppid=pp_COVER.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. “Page Title.” Website Title. Web Address (retrieved Date Accessed).
Example:
Strauss, Elissa. "What Bad Moms Gets Wrong, and Right, About Motherhood Today." Slate
Magazine. 2016. Accessed August 05,2016. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/07/28/what_bad_moms_
gets_wrong_and_right_about_motherhood_today.html.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Journal Name Volume Number (Year Published): Page
Numbers. doi/url.
Example:
Sutil, Nicolas Salazar. "Mathematics in Motion: A Comparative Analysis of the Stage Works of
Schlemmer​ and Kandinsky at the Bauhaus." Dance Research 32, no. 1 (2014): 23-42. doi:10.3366/drs.2014.0085.
Format - Motion Picture:
Movie Title. Directed by First name Last name. City of publication: Studio, Year of release.
Example:
Submarine. Directed by Richard Ayoade. London: Film4 Productions, 2010.
Format – TV Show:
TV series name. “Episode Title.” Episode number (if available). Directed by First name Last name.
Written by First name Last name. Name of network, Month Date, Year of original air date.
Example:
House, M.D. “Simple Explanation.” Directed by Greg Yaitanes. Written by Leonard Dick. Fox
Broadcasting, April 6 2009
Format – YouTube:
Last Name, First Name. “Video Title”. Filmed [Month Year]. YouTube video, Duration. Posted
[Month Year]. Video URL.
Example:
GEICO Insurance. “GEICO Hump Day Camel Commercial – Happier than a Camel on
Wednesday”. Filmed [May 2013]. YouTube video, 00:30. Posted [May 2013]. http://youtu.be/kWBhP0EQ1lA.
Format:
Last, First M. “Title.” Digital image. Website Title. Month Date, Year Published. Accessed Month
Date, Year. URL.
Example:
Guggenheim Museum in Spain. Digital image. HowStuffWorks. Accessed July 22, 2010.
www.howstuffworks.com.
