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Chicago Footnote Referencing - Theology Students

This guide provides information on how to reference using the Chicago Footnote referencing style. PLEASE NOTE: Counselling and Education students should use APA referencing style.

Interviews and personal communication

Generally, personal communication such as interviews are not included in your Bibliography. If unsure, check with your lecturer.

Footnote

1st citation 

Interviewee First name Surname (position they hold if relevant), interview/in discussion with Interviewer First name, Surname, Place if applicable, Date of Interview.

Andrew Macmillan (principal adviser, Investment Center Division, FAO), in discussion with the author, Sydney, September 1998.

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, interview/discussion.

Macmillan, discussion.

 

With interviews conducted as part of a research project, where confidentiality and anonymity needs to be maintained other descriptive phrases can be used in place of a name. Generally personal communication such as interviews are not included in your Bibliography. If unsure check with your lecturer.

Footnote

1st and subsequent citations 

Interview with descriptive phrase, Month Day, Year.

Interview with health care worker, August 10, 1999.

 

Generally personal communication such as emails, letters and text messages are not included in your Bibliography. If unsure check with your lecturer.

Footnote

1st citation 

First name, Surname, email/letter/text message to First name Surname, Month Day, Year.

Constance Conlon, email message to John Smith, April 17, 2000.

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, email/letter/text message to Surname, Month Day, Year

Conlon, email message to Smith, April 17, 2000.

 

Using Lecture Notes or Tutorial Material

Lecture notes or tutorial material should generally not be used as a source for assignments. Try and find another source which makes a similar point to your lecture notes or tutorial material instead of using it as a source.

If you cannot find any sources which make the same points as your lecture notes or tutorial material or if you specifically want to use something created by your lecturer then you can reference them as below.

How to reference lecture notes/tutorial material

Footnote

1st citation 

First Name Surname, "Lecture Title," (Type of Work, Location of Lecture, Month Day, Year).

Timothy MacBride, “Jesus’ Ethical Teaching,” (Lecture Notes, Morling College, May 20, 2014).

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, "Lecture Title."     

MacBride, “Jesus’ Ethical Teaching.”

 

Bibliography

Surname, First Name. "Lecture Title." Type of Work, Location of Lecture, Month Day, Year of Lecture.

MacBride, Timothy. “Jesus’ Ethical Teaching.” Lecture Notes, Morling College. May 20, 2014.

 

Footnote

NB: Moodle sites and other similar online resources are subject to continuous updates. It is recommended to include the access date and the URL.

1st citation 

First name Surname, “Lecture Title,” Course Code Moodle site at Morling College, Access Month Day Year, URL

Keith Mitchell, “Lesson 02 - Spiritual Formation,” PC301D/501D Moodle site at Morling College, March 27 2014, http://morlingcollege.trainingvc.com.au/course/view.php?id=134&section=3

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, “Lecture Title.”

Mitchell, “Lesson 2 – Spiritual Formation.”

 

Bibliography

Surname, First name. “Lecture Title.” Course Code Moodle site at Morling College. Access Month Day Year. URL

Mitchell, Keith. “Lesson 2 – Spiritual Formation.” PC301D/501D Moodle site at Morling College. March 27 2014. http://morlingcollege.trainingvc.com.au/course/view.php?id=134&section=3

 

Footnote

NB: Moodle sites and other similar online resources are subject to continuous updates. It is recommended to include the access date and the URL.

1st citation 

First name Surname, “Multimedia Title,” Course Code Moodle site at Morling College, Access Month Day Year, URL

Gayle Kent, “MBTI Introduction Video,” PC301D/501D Moodle site at Morling College, March 27 2014, http://morlingcollege.trainingvc.com.au/mod/page/view.php?id=51079

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, “Multimedia Title.”

Kent, “MBTI Introduction Video.”

 

Bibliography

Surname, First name. “Multimedia Title.” Course Code Moodle site at Morling College. Access Month Day Year. URL

Kent, Gayle. “MBTI Introduction Video.” PC301D/501D Moodle site at Morling College. March 27 2014. http://morlingcollege.trainingvc.com.au/mod/page/view.php?id=51079

 

Unpublished conference papers

If you are referencing a conference paper which has been printed in a book as part of a collection of papers, you can reference it like a chapter in a book.

The details below are for conference papers presented at a conference, which have never been formally published.

Footnote

1st citation 

First name Surname, “Title of conference paper,” (paper presented at Name of Conference, Place of Conference, Month Year), page number(s).

Gary Templin, “Creation stories of the Middle East,” (paper presented at Northwestern Annual Conference, Evanston, IL, April 26 2000), 17.

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, “Title of conference paper,” page number(s).

Templin, “Creation stories of the Middle East,” 21.

 

Bibliography

Surname, First name. “Title of conference paper.” Paper presented at Name of Conference, Place of Conference, Month Year.

Templin, Gary. “Creation stories of the Middle East.” Paper presented at Northwestern Annual Conference, Evanston, IL, April 26 2000.

 

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