THE ALMY LIBRARY
GUIDE TO CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE CITATIONS
models for citing primary source in an Article from a database
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Footnote
1 Firstname Lastname, "Name of item" (type of document, City, State, Date of Item), in "Title of Article" or Name of Publication, Name of Database, accessed Date and Year, URL.
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Bibliography
Lastname, Firstname. "Name of item." Type of Document. City, State, Date of Item. In "Title of Article" or Name of Publication. Name of
Database. Accessed Date and Year. URL.
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Note
If you are missing information, like the publication's location, you may skip that. Please see the examples below.
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examples for a primary source in an article from a database
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Footnote
1 Kristen Springer, "Fig. 1 Frequency of Frames by Type of Drug" (table, 2010), in "The Race and Class Privilege of Motherhood," JSTOR, accessed January 29, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40783512.
2 Springer, "Fig. 1 Frequency of Frames."
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Bibliography
Springer, Kristen. "Fig. 1 Frequency of Frames by Type of Drug." Table. 2010. In "The Race and Class Privilege of Motherhood." JSTOR. Accessed
January 29, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40783512.
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