Chicago/Turabian Format Style Guide: Reference Works and Secondary Citations

This guide will assist in writing papers using the Chicago or Turabian style in the correct format as well as creating citations.

Reviews

Reviews of books, performances, and so on may appear in a variety of periodicals. They should usually only be cited in a note.

Include the name of the reviewer; the words “review of,” followed by the name of the work and its author/performer/etc.; pertinent information about location or studio; and the periodical in which the review appears. If the source was found online, include the URL.

Examples:

Richard Williams, review of Bob Dylan in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, Guardian, October 22, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/22/bob-dylan-review-royal-albert-hall-london.

Richard Brody, review of Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Yorker, October 4, 2013.

Bibliography:

Cox, Katharine. Review of Covered in Ink: Tattoos, Women, and the Politics of the Body, by Beverly Yuen Thompson. Journal of Gender Studies 25, no. 3 (2016): 349-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/095592536.2016.1171889.

One Source Quoted in Another

Avoid repeating quotations that you have not seen in the original. If one source provides a useful quotation from another source, obtain the original to verify the accuracy of the quote.

If the original is unavailable, cite the source as “quoted in” the secondary source in your note and bibliography.