Philosophy Research Guide
How to Cite Sources
The Philosophy Department uses Chicago style citations. Some examples:
Journal article from a print journal
Stecker, Robert. “Immoralism and the Anti-Theoretical View.”
British Journal of Aesthetics 48, Iss. 2 (2008): p. 145-157.
Journal article from one of the Library databases
Rafferty, Michael. 2007. "More Thoughts on Popular Music in the
Classroom." Music Educators Journal 94, no. 1: 6-7. Academic Search
Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed June 25, 2008).
Web Site
The Philosophy Research Base. http://www.erraticimpact.com/. Accessed
June 25, 2008.
Selection from a Book
Kuhn, D. (2005). What are Inquiry Skills? In Education for Thinking
(pp. 40-42).
Cambridge, MA: Havard University Press
The following websites provide a simple way to create a citation.
Fill
in the information about the item, then copy and paste the citation
into your bibliography or footnote.
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MLA and APA
Citation Machine
APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian
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Also Important:
Plagiarism - what is it? how to avoid it.