Citation

The Chicago Notes & Bibliography (NB) system
The Chicago NB system is often used in the humanities and provides writers with a system for referencing their sources through footnote or endnote citation in their writing and through bibliography pages. It also offers writers an outlet for commenting on those cited sources.
 * //The Chicago Manual of Style// (CMS) covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, and documentation and has been lovingly called the “editors’ bible.”
 * The material in this section focuses primarily on one of the two CMS documentation styles: the Notes-Bibliography System (NB), which is used by those in literature, history, and the arts. The NB system is most commonly used in the discipline of history.
 * The other CMS documentation style, the Author-Date System, is nearly identical in content but slightly different in form and is preferred in the social/sciences.

Online guides to the Chicago NB system

 * "[|Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition]", by the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
 * You can review a full list of updates concerning usage, technology, professional practice, etc. at [|The Chicago Manual of Style Online].
 * To see a side-by-side comparison of the three most widely used citation styles, including a chart of all Chicago Manual of Style citation guidelines, see the [|Citation Style Chart].

A note about online sources
For any article or material you find online you will need the item's URL. To create correct citations, ask yourself:
 * 1) //**Did I find the full text of this article in print?**// If yes, no URL is needed.
 * 2) //** Did I find the full text of this article in a database or on the open web **// //**?**// If yes, the URL is needed.


 * Articles**
 * __Article found in a database or online, with one author:__
 * Lastname, First M. " Title of article." // Title of Journal // volume, no. (issue date): pages, URL.
 * Klyberg, Albert T. "Collecting, preserving, and sharing Rhode Island history: 175 years." //Rhode Island History// 55, no. 3 (August 1997) : 88-99, http://search.ebscohost.com/ login.aspx? direct=true&db=ahl&AN=A000459246.01&site=ehost-live.
 * __Article from a print periodical with one author:__
 * Lastname, First M. " Title of Article." // Title of Journal // volume, no.(issue date): pages.
 * Klyberg, Albert T. "Collecting, preserving, and sharing Rhode Island history: 175 years." //Rhode Island History// 55, no. 3 (August 1997): 88-99.
 * __Article (online) with two authors:__
 * Lastname, First M., and Firstname M. Surname. "Title of article. " //Title of Journal// volume, no. (issue date): pages, URL.
 * Saunders, Laura S., and John A. Saunders. "Early public transportation to the islands of Rhode Island." //Log of Mystic Seaport// 42, no. 3 (1990): 70-76, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ahl&AN=A000331184.01&site=ehost-live.
 * __Article with three or more authors (list all authors in the order listed on____the publication):__
 * Lastname, Frank M., Frances M. Surname, John R. Smith, and Jane M. Doe . " Title of article. " // Title of Journal // volume, no. (issue date): pages, URL as applicable.