CMS Citations

Books

Organization as author

Note form

1. American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines (Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1996).

Bibliographic form

American Psychiatric Association. American Psychiatric Association Practice

Guidelines. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1996.

Include the name of the organization, the title, and publication information. Even if the author is also the publisher, repeat the name of the organization in both places to indicate its dual function.

Reference book

Note form

2. American Heritage College Dictionary, 3rd ed., s.v. “prime.”

Well-known reference works such as dictionaries and encyclopedias are not cited on the bibliography but are included in note form. Include the title, edition (if not the first), and, for entries in alphabetically arranged works, the abbreviation s.v. for sub verbo (“under the word”) followed by the word looked up in quotation marks; use s.vv. for multiple words.

Anonymous book

Note form

3. Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics (New York: Random House, 1996), 97.

Bibliographic form

Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics. New York: Random House, 1996.

If the name of the author is not known, begin the citation with the title of the book followed by publication information.

Author known but not named in publication

Note form

4. [Joe Klein], Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics (New York: Random House, 1996), 97.

Bibliographic form

[Klein, Joe]. Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics. New York: Random House, 1996.

If the name of the author is known but not included in the book, begin the entry with the author’s name in brackets, followed by the title and publication information.

Chapter of a book

Note form

5. Lester Faigley, “In the Turbulence of Theory,” in Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition (Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1992), 25-47.

Bibliographic form

Faigley, Lester. “In the Turbulence of Theory.” Chap. 1 in Fragments of Rationality:

Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition. Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh

Press, 1992.

Include the author’s name, title of chapter or section in quotation marks, the chapter or section number followed by in and the title of the book, and publication information (include page numbers for note form).

Articles

Anonymous newspaper article

Note form

6. “Domestic Violence Targeted Appeal: An Issue for Men,” Cincinnati Enquirer, June 17, 2003, late edition, sec. B.

Bibliographic form

“Domestic Violence Targeted Appeal: An Issue for Men.” Cincinnati Enquirer, June 17, 2003.

Begin with the title of the article and follow with title of newspaper, date of publication, edition, and section.

Article from a journal with issue numbers only

Note form

7. John Michael Robert, “From Reflection to Refraction: Opening Up Open Marxism,” Capital and Class, no. 78 (2002): 88.

Bibliographic form

Robert, John Michael. “From Reflection to Refraction: Opening Up Open Marxism.”

Capital and Class, no. 78 (2002): 87-116.

Include the author’s name, title of article in quotation marks, title of journal, no. and the issue number, year of publication in parentheses, and page numbers.

Other Sources

Book review

Note form

8. George Simson, review of Works on Paper: The Craft of Biography and Autobiography, by Michael Holroyd, Biography 26, no. 1 (2003): 148.

Bibliographic form

Simson, George. Review of Works on Paper: The Craft of Biography and

Autobiography, by Michael Holroyd. Biography 26, no. 1 (2003): 147-51.

Include the name of the review’s author, review of and the title of the book, by and the name of the book’s author, and publication information (title of journal, volume number, issue number, and year, in this example), and page numbers.

Movie Review

Note form

9. Anthony Lane, “Fishy Business,” review of Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton, New Yorker, June 9, 2003, 108.

Bibliographic form

Lane, Anthony. “Fishy Business.” Review of Finding Nemo. Directed by Andrew

Stanton. (Pixar movie). New Yorker, 9 June 2003, 108-109.

Include the name of the review’s author, review of, the movie title, and the name of the director (including the production company in parentheses is optional), and publication information (title of magazine, date of publication, and page numbers, in this example).

Personal Interview

Note form

10. Wally Lamb, interview by author, tape recording, Dayton, Ohio, June 6, 2003.

Bibliographic form

Lamb, Wally. Interview by author. Tape recording. Dayton, Ohio, June 6, 2003.

Usually, personal interviews are cited only in notes. Include the name of the interviewee, description of interview type, recording medium used (if any), place of interview, and date.

Court Decisions

First note reference

11. Wilson v. Layne, 526 U.S. 603 (1999).

Subsequent reference

12. Wilson v. Layne, 603.

Include the case name in italics; volume number, name of reporter, the abbreviated court name (Supreme Court decisions are published by United States Court Reports—here abbreviated as U.S.), and page number; and year in parentheses. References after the first include case title, reporter (if more than one is cited), and page reference. Federal court decisions are not usually included in the bibliography.