The following examples display the entry first as it would appear in the References list, then the in-text citation.
Books
Books with One Author:
References:
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin.
In-text:
(Pollan 2006, 99–100)
Books with Two Authors:
References:
Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. 2007. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf.
In-text:
(Ward and Burns 2007, 52)
Work in an Anthology (edited volume originally published elsewhere):
References:
Cicero, Quintus Tullius. 1986. “Handbook on Canvassing for the Consulship.” In Rome: Late Republic and Principate, edited by Walter Emil Kaegi Jr. and Peter White. Vol. 2 of University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, edited by John Boyer and Julius Kirshner, 33–46. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Originally published in Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, trans., The Letters of Cicero, vol. 1 (London: George Bell & Sons, 1908).
In-text:
(Cicero 1986, 35)
References:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. 2007. "Nature." In The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 7th ed., edited by Nina Baym, 1110-1138. New York: Norton & Company.
In-text:
(Emerson 2007, 1112)
Book with Editor in Place of Author:
References:
Greenberg, Joel, ed. 2008. Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
In-text:
(Greenberg 2008, 100)
Book with Editor or Translator in Addition to Author:
References:
Taylor, Edward B. 1964. Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization. Edited by Paul Bohannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
In-text:
(Taylor 1964, 50)
Electronic Books and Books Consulted Online:
References:
Austen, Jane. 2007. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics. Kindle edition.
In-text:
(Austen 2007)
References:
Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. 1987. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
In-text:
(Kurland and Lerner, chap. 10, doc. 19)
Articles, Magazines, and Newspapers
Scholarly Article:
References:
Bagley, Benjamin. 2015. “Loving Someone in Particular.” Ethics 125, no. 2 (January): 477–507.
Liu, Jui-Ch’i. 2015. “Beholding the Feminine Sublime: Lee Miller’s War Photography.” Signs 40, no. 2 (Winter): 308–19. https://doi.org/10.1086/678242.
In-text:
(Bagley 2015, 484–85)
(Liu 2015, 312)
Popular Article (Magazine or Newspaper):
References:
Mendelsohn, Daniel. 2010. “But Enough about Me.” New Yorker, January 25.
In-text:
(Mendelsohn 2010, 68)
References:
Stolberg, Sheryl Gay, and Robert Pear. 2010. “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote.” New York Times, February 27. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.
In-text:
(Stolberg and Pear 2010)
Specialized Formats
Website:
References:
Google. 2009. “Google Privacy Policy.” Last modified March 11. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.
In-text:
(Google 2009)
References:
McDonald’s Corporation. 2008. “McDonald’s Happy Meal Toy Safety Facts.” Accessed July 19. http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about/factsheets.html.
In-text:
(McDonald’s 2008)
Film
References:
Guggenheim, Davis, dir. 2006. An Inconvenient Truth. DVD. Hollywood, CA: Paramount.
In-text:
(Guggenhim, dir. 2006)