• Standard abbreviations may be used in your citations.
• A list of acceptable, commonly used abbreviations can be found in the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., sec. 10.42, pp. 589-596.
• Some of the more often used examples are listed here:
| Appendix | app. |
| Article | art. |
| Chapter | chap. |
| Division | div. |
|
Editor, Edited by, Edition |
ed. |
| Editors | eds. |
|
et alii, et aliae (and others) - from Latin |
et al. |
| Manuscript | MS |
| No date of publication | n.d. |
| Number(s) | no. (nos.) |
| No place | n.p. |
| Page(s) | p. (pp.) |
| Paragraph | para. |
| Part | pt. |
| Revised | rev. |
| Section | sec. |
| Series | ser. |
| sub verso (under the word) - from Latin | s.v. |
| Supplement | Suppl. |
| Translator(s) | trans. |
| Volume | vol. |
• The names of US states and territories are abbreviated in the reference list; use the official two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviations.
• To cite locations outside of the United States, commonly used English names for foreign cities should be used.
• The names of Australian states may be abbreviated using standard Australia Post abbreviation.
• For more information see Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., sec. 14.129 - 14.131, pp. 813-814.
Some examples:
Clevedon, U.K.: Channel View Publications
French's Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
London: Taylor & Francis
Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia
Pretoria: Unisa
Sydney: CCH Australia