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University of Divinity Style Guide

Scholarly Works - Journal article

Journal article                                                                                                             CMOS 14.168-14.187

Rule for notes

First name Surname, “Article title in quotation marks,” Journal title in italics volume number, no. issue number (Month or season if given Year): page number, DOI or URL if consulted online.

Example of note entry

Van Nguyen-Marshall, “Tools of Empire? Vietnamese Catholics in South Vietnam,” Social History of Empire 20, no.2 (2009): 140, https://doi.org/10.7202/044402ar.

Example of subsequent note entry           

Nguyen-Marshall, “Tools of Empire?” 144.

Rule for bibliography 

Surname, First name. “Article title in quotation marks.” Journal title in italics volume number, no. issue number (Month or season if given Year): page range of full article. DOI or URL if consulted online.

Example of bibliography entry

Nguyen-Marshall, Van. “Tools of Empire? Vietnamese Catholics in South Vietnam.” Social History of Empire 20, no.2 (2009): 138–159.  https://doi.org/10.7202/044402ar.

Where possible provide the DOI (or Digital Object Identifier, a permanent URL), but a URL (preferably from the journal website) will suffice if no DOI exists.

Book review in a journal                                                                                                      CMOS 14.202

Rule for notes

First name Surname of reviewer, review of Title of reviewed book in italics, by First name Surname of book author, Journal Title volume number, no. issue number (Month Year): page number.

Example of note entry

Mary-Jane Rubenstein, review of Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe, by Catherine Keller, Modern Theology 26, no. 2 (April 2010): 311.

Example of subsequent note entry           

Rubenstein, review of Strange Wonder, 309.

Rule for bibliography 

Surname, First name of reviewer. Review of Title of reviewed book in italics by First name Surname of book author. Journal Title in italics volume number, no. issue number (Month Year): page range.

Example of bibliography entry

Rubenstein, Mary-Jane. Review of Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe, by Catherine Keller. Modern Theology 26, no. 2 (April 2010): 308–311.