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Chicago Style Guide


Citing Sources on Microfiche/Microfilm

Citations for sources on microfiche or microfilm should follow the format for the original publication followed by the microfiche or microfilm specifics. Use the examples below as a starting point - you may not have all of the information that is included in these examples. Be sure to include enough information to allow your reader to locate the source you are citing.

Examples: Sources on Microfiche/Microfilm

First Note

1. Margaret Mascarene Hutchinson to Margaret Holyoke Mascarene, April 16, 1785, Mascarene Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society, reel P-44.
2. George Washington to Martha Washington, Sept. 23, 1791, Washington Papers, microfilm, Green Library, Stanford University.

Subsequent Note

3. Hutchinson, letter to Mascarene, reel P-44.
4. Washington, letter to Martha Washington.

Bibliography

Hutchinson, Margaret Mascarene. Margaret Mascarene Hutchinson to Margaret Holyoke Mascarene, April 16, 1785. Mascarene Family Papers. Massachusetts Historical Society, reel P-44.
Washington, George. Washington Papers. Microfilm, Green Library, Stanford University.

Basic Template for a Book:  

First Note

5. Beatrice Farwell, French Popular Lithographic Imagery, 1815–1870, vol. 12, in Lithography in Art and Commerce (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), microfiche, p. 67, 3C12.

Subsequent Note

6. Farwell, French Popular Lithographic Imagery, p. 67, 3C12.

Bibliography

Farwell, Beatrice. French Popular Lithographic Imagery, 1815–1870, vol. 12. In Lithography in Art and Commerce. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Microfiche.