Religion: Cite Sources

Basic Citation Formats

The following guidelines are recommended in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Please ask your professor whether you should use footnotes or endnotes. Your professor is the final authority on preferred citation formatting. According to the Chicago Manual of Style, each citation in your bibliography should be single spaced and use a hanging indent, but double-spaced between citations. For more examples and information on citing a source not listed here, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style. 

Book

Note:

1. James Baldwin and Nat Hentoff, Black Anti-Semitism and Jewish Racism, (R. W. Baron, 1969), 49.

Bibliography:

Baldwin, James and Nat Hentoff. Black Anti-Semitism and Jewish Racism. R. W. Baron, 1969.

Article from a database:

For articles consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. Many journal articles list a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). A DOI forms a permanent URL that begins https://doi.org/.

Note:

1. Mart van Duijn, "Printing, Public, and Power: Shaping the First Printed Bible in Dutch (1477)," Church History & Religious Culture 93, no. 2 (2013): 278, https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-13930206.

Bibliography:

van Duijn, Mart. "Printing, Public, and Power: Shaping the First Printed Bible in Dutch (1477)." Church History & Religious Culture 93, no. 2 (2013): 275-299. https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-13930206.

Webpage:

For a source that does not list a date of publication or revision, include an access date.

Note:

1. "Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America," United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, accessed March 5, 2025, https://www.usccb.org/committees/divine-worship/liturgical-calendar.

Bibliography:

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America." Accessed March 5, 2025. https://www.usccb.org/committees/divine-worship/liturgical-calendar.

Chicago 18 Image Citation Style - Bibliography Page

Format

Last name, First name. Title of Work. Date of creation or completion. Medium. Name of Institution. Location (if applicable). URL.

Example

Ferrara, Daniel. The Flock. 1970. Painting, 25.5x32 in. https://library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000454452.