How to Cite an Online Encyclopedia in CMS

CMS is an abbreviation for the Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style uses a specific citation style in academic papers and other writings to document exactly where your information came from. To add an online encyclopedia source to your bibliography, gather the following information: the name of the encyclopedia, the title of the entry, the website address and the date you accessed the information.

Instructions

1. Type the name of the encyclopedia in italics, followed by a period.

2. Type the title of the entry you are citing in quotation marks, followed by a comma.

3. Add the URL of the website of the encyclopedia entry. Do not add a period or a comma. After the website address, place the date that you accessed this information in parentheses and a comma after the day. Follow this with a period.

4. Check your work for accuracy. Your citation should look similar to this example: Name of Encyclopedia in Italics. “Title of Entry,” website address (accessed month day, year). Do not abbreviate the month.

References

• Flagler College: How to Cite Sources with the Chicago Notes/Bibliography System

Resources

• Dartmouth Writing Program: What is an Academic Paper?