Library Guides: Women &amp; Gender History: United States Library Guide: Citation Guide

Citation Help

For additional resources on citation styles and citation management tools, visit the library's Citation and Writing Guide.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
The Chicago Manual of Style Online incorporates the popular Chicago Style Q&A, a resource that thousands have found as entertaining as it is informative. The Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. Your queries will return results—clearly distinguishable—from both the Manual and the Chicago Style Q&A.

Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
from the Chicago Manual of Style Online
Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style
from the Writing Center of University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chicago Manual of Style (Tulane Libraries Holdings)
Holdings of the Chicago Manual of Style in the collections of Tulane Libraries.

Citing sources properly is an essential component of sound research practice. The following resources can facilitate the process:

Library of Congress Guide to Citing Photographs
Great resource! If you scroll up the page, there are standards for citing other types of electronic resources.
University of Michigan Guide to Citing Image-Sources
Includes some general rules of thumb for determining whether or not citation is appropriate.
Copyright and Fair Use: A Fair(y) Use Tale
A video to explain copyright and fair use. Created by Bucknell Professor Eric Faden, this video compiles thousands of short clips from dozens of Disney cartoons.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the US (Cornell University)
Handy grid maintained by Cornell University and developed by Cornell's Intellectual Property Officer Peter B. Hirtle.