Chicago Author-Date: Examples

Where you have a referencing query that is not answered by the following common examples, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style (Author Date) or ask for help.

Page contents

Book with one author
Book with two authors
Book with three authors
Book by a corporate author
Book - edited
Chapter in edited book
Case law
Conference paper
Course handouts/PowerPoint presentations
Dictionary
Encyclopedia - entry in
Film (Video/DVD)
Journal article - academic/scholarly
Journal article - internet only version
Magazine article - popular/trade/general interest
Newspaper article
Newspaper article - web version
Newspaper article with no author
Personal communication (letters, telephone conversations, emails, interviews)
Statutes (Acts of Parliament)
Thesis
Website
Map
Planning Documents

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1. Book with one author

In text citation:

(Coates 2002)

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2. Book with two authors

In text citation:

(Shadbolt and Ruhen 1971)

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3. Book with three authors

In text citation:

(Bankoff, Frerks, and Hilhorst 2004)

Note: With two or three authors, mention all names in text

Reference list:

4. Book by a corporate author

In text citation:

(Waikato Regional Council 1993)

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5. Book - edited

In text citation:

(Boissevain and Selwyn 2004)

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Note: Terms such as editor or translator and abbreviated in a reference list (e.g. ed./eds. or trans.) and not included in the in-text citation.

6. Chapter in edited book

In text citation:

(Coombes 1994)

Note: For a chapter in an edited book include only the name/s of the authors in text.

Reference list:

7. Case law

In text citation:

New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General ([1987] 1 NZLR 641).

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Note: The Chicago Manual of Style recommends using notes for citations to legal and public documents whenever possible (see 14.271).

8. Conference paper

In text citation:

(Ngata 2020)

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Note: If a conference paper has been published in a book of proceedings treat it like a chapter in an edited book. If the proceedings are published in a journal, treat the paper as a journal article.

9. Course handouts/PowerPoint presentations

In-text reference:

(Campbell 2006)

Reference list:

10. Dictionary

In-text reference:

(Gregory 2009)

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11. Encyclopedia - entry in

In-text reference:

(Howitt, Muller, and Suchet-Pearson 2009, 360)

Reference list:

Note: If you cannot find first names of authors, include just author initials (as above).

12. Film (Video/DVD)

In-text reference:

(Zubrycki 2011)

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13. Online streaming video (e.g. YouTube)

In-text reference:

(Minhealth 2021)

Reference list:

Note: When directly quoting use the YouTube username in your in-text reference, but mention the person stating the quote within your text. For example: Ashley Bloomfield (Minhealthnz 2021) stated ...

14. Journal article - academic/scholarly

In-text reference:

(Wallace and Holman 2019)

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15. Journal article - internet only version

In-text reference:

(Basnet 2016)

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Note: If a DOI is available include this with the formal https://doi.org/10.XXXXXXX. If a DOI is not provided, include a URL or the name of the database.

16. Magazine article - popular/trade/general interest

In-text reference:

(Stearns 1992, 110)

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Note: As magazine articles normally don't have volume and issue numbers like journals, repeat the year of publication with the month (and day where applicable) to avoid any confusion.

17. Newspaper article - print version

In-text reference:

(Fallow 2007, A3)

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18. Newspaper article - web version (page numbers not available)

In-text reference:

(Davison 2017, para. 2)

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Note: When quoting items without page numbers, you may use paragraph numbers, section numbers or other numerical signposts. For more examples and explanation see 15.23.

19. Newspaper article with no author

In-text reference:

(Waikato Times 2006)

Reference list:

Note: If no author is listed for a newspaper article, use the tile of the newspaper in place of author in the reference list and in-text (see 15.49).

20. Personal communication (letters, telephone conversations, emails, interviews)

In-text reference:

(William White, email message to author, March 19, 2017)

Reference list:

21. Statutes (Acts of Parliament)

In-text reference:

(Resource Management Act 1991)

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22. Thesis

In-text reference:

(Stolte 2006)

Note: The titles of theses and dissertations have quotation marks rather than italics as they are not formally published.

23. Website

In-text reference:

(McPherson 2020, para. 3)
(Waikato Regional Council 2018, under "Planting Guides")

Reference list:

Note: When multiple pages are referenced from the same website, reference the homepage.

If a website has no publication date use n.d. for "no date" and include access date (see examples 15.50).

24. Map

In-text reference:

(Land Information New Zealand 2009)

Reference list:

Note: Give as much information as is available to allow another reader to find the same map.

25. Planning Documents

In-text reference:

(Waikato District Council 2021, 10)
(Waikato District Council 2014)

Reference list:

Note: When you have multiple items with the same creator, order chronologically by year of publication. You may use a 3-em dash in place of the repeated author field (see 15.17.15.20).

Webpages are considered unpublished so quotation marks are used for the title rather than italics, but a published planning document is published and available online, as such the italics is used for the title.

Officer report by council staff:

In-text reference:

(Waipa District Council 2014)
(Waikato Regional Council 2018)

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Report by consultant:

In-text reference:

(Planning Consultants Ltd 2014)

Reference list: