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Reference list: Thomas, Trevor M. 1956. Wales: Land of Mines and Quarries. Geographical Review 46, no. 1: 59-81. http://www.jstor.org/ (accessed June 30, 2005). (Thomas 1956)
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Guide for Citing Resources: Chicago Manual of Style


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This guide is based on The Chicago Manual of Style 15th ed. (University of Chicago Press, 2003). Examples are shown for the newer Author-Date system recommended for the Physical, Natural and Social Sciences. Reference list items are listed alphabetically at the end of the research paper. In-Text citations are noted in the body of the paper. Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to the section of the Chicago Manual of Style which describes the specific citation style. Consult these pages for more information. For additional examples, please consult The Chicago Manual of Style 15th ed. available in the Reference collections of many of the Ohio State University Libraries. (Z253 .U69 2003)

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Reference list: Rollin, Bernard E. 1998. The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain, and Science. Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State University Press. http://www.netlibrary.com (accessed June 30, 2005). (Rollin 1998)

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Roach, John. 2005. Journal Ranks Top 25 Unanswered Science Questions. http://news.nationalgeographic.com (accessed July 7, 2005). (National Geographic 2005)

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Note: To view other electronic or Internet citations, see: net.TUTOR Quick Guide: Citing Net Sources <gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/les7/guide.html>

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Kourik, Robert. 1998. The lavender garden: beautiful varieties to grow and gather. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. (Kourik 1998)

Terborgh, J. 1974. Perservation of natural diversity: The problem of extinction-prone species. BioScience 24:715-22. (Terborgh 1974, 720) or (Terborgh 1974)

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Flinders, David J. and Geoffrey E. Mills, eds. 1993. Theory and concepts in qualitative research: perspectives from the field. New York: Teachers College Press. (Flinders and Mills 1993)

Bolzan, J.F. and K.C. Jezek. 2000. Accumulation rate changes in central Greenland from passive microwave data. Polar Geography 27(4):277-319. (Bolzan and Jezek 2000, 280) or (Bolzan and Jezek 2000)

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Kimble, John M., Rattan Lal, and Ronald F. Follett, eds. 2002. Agricultural practices and policies for carbon sequestration in soil. Boca Raton, Fla.: Lewis Publishers. (Kimble, et al. 2002)

[Do not include in Reference list. Citation is made in running text style as shown in the In Text examples below.] In an article on rampage killers (New York Times, April 10, 2000), Laurie Goodstein and William Glaberson describe...

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Reference list: Ohio State University. Natural Resources Institute. 1959. A directory of Ohio facilities and services for resource conservation. Columbus: Natural Resources Institute. (Ohio State 1959) Reference list:

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[Do not include in Reference list. Citation is made in running text style as shown in the In Text examples below.] In his article on Nebo in the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Morris Jastrow noted that

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