Unpublished: Performances, transcriptions, manuscripts
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Live performance - dance or theatre
Live performances - dance or theatre may include (but is not limited to) theatre, dance, music theatre or spoken word performances. For live music performances, refer to live performance - music.
Entry in footnotes
1. Title of Performance, [by] Author, [directed/performed by] Director(s)/Performer(s), Venue, Place of Performance, Date of Performance.
For example - footnotes
First entry:
4. The Mountaintop, by Katori Hall, directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos, Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, December 4, 2013.
Second and subsequent entries:
17. Mountaintop.
Entry in bibliography
Citations of live performances can generally be omitted from the bibliography, however they should be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.
Title of Performance. [By] Author of Script. [Directed/Performed by] Director(s)/Performer(s). Venue, Place of Performance, Date of Performance.
For example - bibliography
The Mountaintop. By Katori Hall. Directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, December 4, 2013.
Style notes
- See Manual 14.266 and Turabian 17.8.2.
- Live performances do not generally require a bibliography entry, however they can be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.
- Include the names of additional performers or contributors as appropriate.
- Second and subsequent entries should include enough information to distinguish them from other entries.
- If citing a specific part of a larger work, include the title in quotation marks as per a book chapter (i.e. "Agony," Into the Woods, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim…)
- If the performance of an individual is important to your research, list that person's name before the title of the work (i.e. Cate Blanchett, actor, Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov…)
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Live performance - music
Live performance may include (but is not limited to) music, theatre, dance, music theatre or spoken word performances. This entry is for music performances only. For other live performances, refer to live performance - dance or theatre.
Entry in footnotes
1. Performer(s), Title of Work (Description Title if relevant), by Composer, Venue, Place of Performance, Date of Performance.
For example - footnotes
First entry:
4. Olli Mustonen, pianist and director, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Piano Concerto no. 5 (Emperor) by Ludwig van Beethoven, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, April 21, 2012.
Second and subsequent entries:
17. Mustonen, Piano Concerto no. 5.
Entry in bibliography
Citations of live performances can generally be omitted from the bibliography, however they should be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.
Performers (Surname, Given). Title of Work (Description Title if relevant) by Composer. Venue, Place of Performance, Date of Performance.
For example - bibliography
Mustonen, Olli, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Piano Concerto no. 5 (Emperor) by Ludwig van Beethoven. Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, April 21, 2012.
Style notes
- See Manual 14.266 and Turabian 17.8.2.
- Live performances do not generally require a bibliography entry, however they can be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.
- Many musical works are known by their generic names, such as 'Symphony no. 1' or 'Sonata in A major', while some have descriptive or popular names (such as 'Eroica' or Danse Macabre). See Manual 8.194 and 8.195 for guidance on whether titles should be italicised, in quotation marks or set in roman type.
- Second and subsequent entries should include enough information to distinguish them from other entries.
- If the performance of an individual is important to your research, list that person's name before the title of the work.
- There may be multiple performers, including soloist, ensemble and conductor. Include all information relevant to the resource.
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Transcription of music/sound recording (unpublished)
This example is an interpretation, based on guidelines for unpublished manuscripts (Manual 14.216) and interviews (Manual 14.211). Please consult your lecturer for specific requirements.
Entry in footnotes
31. Composer/Improviser, "Title", [transcribed by] Transcriber, Year of transcription.
For example - footnotes
First entry:
31. Amanda Rine, "Citrus", transcribed by Josephine Bloggs, 2013.
Second and subsequent entries:
45. Rine, "Citrus", trans. Bloggs.
Entry in bibliography
Unpublished works are usually omitted from the bibliography, however they can be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.
Composer/Improviser (Surname, Given name). "Title". Transcribed by Transcriber. Year of transcription.
For example - bibliography
Rine, Amanda. "Citrus". Transcribed by Josephine Bloggs. 2013.
Style notes
- NOTE: This example is an interpretation, based on guidelines for unpublished manuscripts (Manual 14.216) and interviews (Manual 14.211). Please consult your lecturer for specific requirements.
- Unpublished works are usually omitted from the bibliography, however they can be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.
- Use quotation marks for specific titles of works, but not for generic terms such as 'improvisation'.
- Any facts relevant to identifying the item should be included. It may also be appropriate to include an individual performer's name.
- If no date can be determined from the source, use the abbreviation 'n.d' in place of the year. This stands for 'no date'. If you believe you know the date but cannot confirm it, you may add it in square brackets followed by a question mark to indicate uncertainty (ie. [2003?].)
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Manuscripts and archival material
When citing items from manuscript or archival collections (such as letters), the item itself is usually cited in the footnotes, while the collection itself is the focus of the bibliography entry. However, if only one item from a collection is cited, the item may be included in the bibliography (Manual 14.222).
Entry in footnotes
57. Letter writer (First name, Last name) to Recipient (First name, Last name), date, name of collection, identification number / shelf mark, holding institution.
For example - footnotes
First entry:
57. Stanley Melbourne Bruce to Robert Menzies, 1 May 1934, Papers of Robert Menzies, MS 4936/1/5/38, National Library of Australia.
Second and subsequent entries:
63. NLA MS 4936/1/5/38.
Entry in bibliography
Name of collection. Identification number / shelf mark. Holding institution.
For example - bibliography
Papers of Robert Menzies. MS 4936. National Library of Australia.
Style notes
- If the item is a letter, the name of the writer appears first, followed by the word to, and then the name of the recipient. For examples of other types of papers or manuscripts, refer to the Manual 14.229 and 14.230.
- Bibliography entries may be listed by the name of the collection or the name of the author (Manual 14.230).
- Well- known institutions don’t require location information to be given, however, the city of the institution may be given at the end of the citation (Manual 14.227).
Chicago style has both an author-date system and a notes and bibliography system. This guide refers only to the notes and bibliography system.
There are two key components:
- Footnotes or endnotes.
- A bibliography.
For more information refer to Chicago Manual of Style (online) or you can borrow a copy from the library.
Before writing your list of references, check with your tutor or lecturer for the bibliographic style preferred by the School or Department.
Notes
A footnote or an endnote lists the author, title, and facts of publication, in that order. Elements are separated by commas and the facts of publication are enclosed in parentheses.
The notes are usually numbered and correspond to superscripted note reference numbers in the text.
Authors’ names are presented in standard order (first name first).
Titles are capitalised headline-style (all major words).
Titles of larger works (e.g., books and journals) are italicised.
Titles of smaller works (e.g., chapters, articles) or unpublished works are enclosed in quotation marks and not italicised.
Give full details in the first footnote and abbreviated version in subsequent footnotes. For example:
First footnote
1. Kristin Otto, Yarra: A Diverting History (Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2009), 12.
Subsequent footnotes
7. Otto, Yarra, 23.
Bibliography
In a bibliography entry the elements are separated by periods rather than by commas and the facts of publication are not enclosed in parentheses.
The first-listed author’s name, according to which the entry is alphabetised in the bibliography, is inverted (last name first).
Where there are four or more authors the footnote should give the name of the first author only, followed by ‘et al.’ The bibliography entry should include the names of all the authors.
Titles are capitalised headline-style (all major words).
Titles of larger works (e.g., books, journals and websites) are italicised.
Titles of smaller works (e.g., chapters, articles and web pages) or unpublished works are enclosed in quotation marks and not italicised.
For books, specify the edition for all editions other than the first.
Do not include personal communications, such as letters or informal emails, in the bibliography. These should appear only in footnotes.
The bibliography can be divided into sections (e.g. primary and secondary sources).
The Chicago Manual of Style advises against citations taken from secondary sources (i.e. “quoted in”), but check with your lecturer or tutor if you are in doubt. For more information refer to Chicago Manual of Style (14.260) (login required).
Acceptable abbreviations in the bibliography for parts of books and other publications include:
| chap. | chapter |
| ed. | edition |
| et al. | and others |
| rev. ed. | revised edition |
| 2nd ed. | second edition |
| ed. (eds) | editor (editors) |
| trans. | translator(s) |
| n.d. | no date |
| vol. | volume (as in vol. 4) |
| vols | volumes (as in 4 vols.) |
| no. | number |
| suppl. | supplement |
| s.v. | under the word |
Specific reference types
Books
- Specify the edition if it is not the first edition.
- In the bibliography, works without an author should appear alphabetically by the main word of the title (ignore ‘the’, ‘a’ and ‘an’).
- No page numbers are given for books. Give beginning and ending page numbers for book chapters.
- Do not use ‘p’ or ‘pp’ before the page numbers.
- Editor's names should be followed with the abbreviation ed. (or eds.). Use the same format where there is a translator or compiler instead of an editor.
- For online books include the DOI (or URL) as the last part of the citation and refer to section headings in lieu of page numbers.
- Published musical scores are treated in the same way as books.
Journals
- Include both article title and subtitle, regardless of length.
- In the bibliography, give the start and end pages of the article. Do not use ‘p’ or ‘pp’ before the page numbers.
- In footnotes, cite specific pages (unless you are referring to the whole article).
- If a journal is paginated consecutively across a volume or if the month or season appears with the year, the issue number may be omitted.
- For online articles that have not been assigned a DOI include a URL. Note that DOI is lowercased and followed by a colon (with no space after) in source citations.
- Access dates are not required by Chicago in citations of formally published electronic sources (see Chicago Manual of Style, Ch.14.12).
- If an access date is required (by publisher or discipline) they should immediately precede the URL, separated from the surrounding citation by commas in a note and periods in a bibliography entry.
Newspapers
- If there is no article title, give the article type (not in quotation marks). For example: Obituary, Editorial.
- Omit ‘The’ from newspaper titles.
- Add a city name if the newspaper is not well known e.g. Examiner (Launceston).
- Page numbers are usually omitted.
- Details of the edition can be added to a note or bibliographical entry. For example: final edition, Midwest edition.
- If the paper is published in several sections, the section number or name may be given.
- To cite an article consulted online, include the URL.
Electronic sources
- A web page is any one of the “pages,” or subdocuments, that make up a website. A blog is a category of website that includes dated entries and dated comments. The title of a blog should be italicised; titles of blog entries (analogous to articles in a periodical) should be in quotation marks.
- Include the title of the web page, the title of the website (or a description), the author of the content and/or the owner (sponsor) of the site, and a URL.
- Include a publication date (or date of modification/revision). If no such date can be found, include an access date.
Precede date of modification or access with 'last modified' and 'accessed' respectively. - If a website refers to themselves by their domain name (which is case sensitive), shorten and capitalise it in a logical way (e.g., www.google.com becomes Google).
- Citations of website content are usually only included in the text and the notes, not in the bibliography.
Audio-visual
- Episodes and indexed scenes are treated like chapters.
- Sound recordings should be grouped under an appropriate subheading in the bibliography (see Chicago manual of style, chapter 14.263).
For more information
For more information and examples not covered here, refer to Chicago Manual of Style 17th ed. chapter 14 (login required).
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