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Scholarly Works - Thesis or dissertation

Thesis or dissertation                                                                                             CMOS 14.215

Rule for notes

First name Surname, “Title of thesis” (Degree thesis or diss., University, Year of award), page number.

Example of note entry

Georgia E. Harkness, “The Philosophy of Thomas Hill Green, with Special Reference to the Relations between Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion” (MA diss., Boston University, 1923), 26.

Example of subsequent note entry           

Harkness, “Philosophy,” 299.

Rule for bibliography 

Surname, First name. “Title of thesis.” Degree thesis or diss., University, Year of award.

Example of bibliography entry

Harkness, Georgia E. “The Philosophy of Thomas Hill Green, with Special Reference to the Relations between Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion.” MA diss., Boston University, 1923.