Developmental Writing: Chicago Manual of Style

In writing your research paper, you will usually use the ideas of previous authors.  In order to use and build on those ideas in your paper, you must cite where information comes from.

There are three main reasons why you need to cite:

1. Prevent plagiarism 

2. Allows anyone who reads your paper enough information to find the source you used

3. Give credit to the author

From Hacker Guide:

When citing an electronic article retrieved from a database in the Chicago Style, remember to put the article title in italics and capitalize the appropriate words (NOT capitalizing the, and, or, of, etc. unless it is the first word of the title as in the above example).  The title of the journal is also capitalized and italicized.  Include the home link to the database from which you found/retrieved the article.  

From Hacker Guide:

When citing a print book in Chicago Style, remember to italicize the title and capitalize words other than articles (such as a, the, of, etc.) unless the first word of the title or first word after the colon, as in the example above.

From Hacker Guide:

When citing a website in the Chicago Style, include an author if the site has one (which could be an organization) along with as much of the above information as possible to find.  Try to locate and include the date the website's information was published or a "last date modified" (which reflects the most recent changes).  If you cannot find either of these dates, give the date you accessed the website ("accessed March 4, 2012).  Do not italicize the website title unless the website is an online book or periodical.  If you are citing sections or pages of a website, put their titles in quotation marks.