Macdonald DeWitt Library at SUNY Ulster

Chicago Citation Style

This guide provides examples for creating citations using Chicago style.

Motion Picture

General Format 
 
      Full Footnote: 
            1. "Scene Title or Number," Title of Motion Picture, directed by
      Director First Name Surname (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), Format.
 
      Concise Footnote: 
            2. "Scene Title or Number."
 
      Bibliography:
      "Scene Title or Number." Title of Motion Picture. Directed by
            Director First Name Surname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Format.
 
Example 
 
      Full Footnote:
            1. "Crop Duster Attack," North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
      (1959; Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2000), DVD.
 
      Concise Footnote:
            2. "Crop Duster Attack."
 
      Bibliography:
      "Crop Duster Attack." North by Northwest. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 1959.
            Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2000. DVD.

Online Multimedia

General Format 
 
      Full Footnote: 
            1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, Multimedia Title (Place of Publication:
      Publisher, Year), Format, URL.
 
      Concise Footnote: 
            2. Author Surname, Multimedia Title.
 
      Bibliography:
      Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Multimedia Title. Place of Publication:
            Publisher, Year. Format, URL
 
Example 1
 
      Full Footnote:
 
            1. "Browser the Library Cat in the Library," YouTube video, 02:49, posted by
      "chari326," October 30, 2007, http://youtu.be/_0mI7HKD6CQ.
 
      Concise Footnote:
            2. "Browser the Library Cat in the Library."
 
      Bibliography:
      "Browser the Library Cat in the Library." YouTube video, 02:49. Posted by "chari326,"
           October 30, 2001. http://youtu.be/_0mI7HKD6CQ.
 
Example 2
 
      Full Footnote:
            1. A. E. Weed, At the Foot of the Flatiron (American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.,
      1903), 35 mm film; from Library of Congress, The Life of a City: Early
      Films of New York, 1898-1906, MPEG video, 2:19, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/papr
      /nychome.html. 
 
      Concise Footnote:
            2. Weed, At the Foot of the Flatiron.
     
      Bibliography:
      Weed, A. E. At the Foot of the Flatiron. American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1903;
            35 mm film. From Library of Congress, The Life of a City: Early Films of New
            York, 1898-1906. MPEG video, 2:19. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/papr
            /nychome.html.