Music Citation Guide: Chicago Style (18th ed.)

Theses and dissertations are cited much like books, but remember to put these titles in quotation marks instead of italics (CMOS 14.113)! 

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Thesis Title." Master's thesis, UniversityName, Year. URL/Database (Identifier).

Hobbs, Erin. "Rehearing Florence Price: A Closer Look at Her Symphony in E Minor." Master's thesis, California State University, 2017. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/rehearing-florence-price-closer-look-at-her/docview/1908924625/se-2.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Thesis Title" (master's thesis, UniversityName, year), PageNumber, URL/Database (Identifier).

1. Erin Hobbs, "Rehearing Florence Price: A Closer Look at Her Symphony in E Minor" (master's thesis, California State University, 2017), 233, https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/rehearing-florence-price-closer-look-at-her/docview/1908924625/se-2.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year)

(Hobbs 2017)

Though writing a thesis requires rigorous research, it does not go into formal peer review process before being published (whether in paper or online). Be sure to check with your professor before including a thesis in your bibliography.

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Dissertation Title." PhD diss., UniversityName, Year. URL/Database (Identifier).

Ho, Xuan An. "Immigrant Cinephilia: Toward a Canon of Asian American Women's Cinema." PhD diss., The University of Texas at Austin, 2024. ProQuest (31690532). 

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Dissertation Title" (PhD diss., UniversityName, year), PageNumber, URL/Database (Identifier).

1. Xuan An Ho, "Immigrant Cinephilia: Toward a Canon of Asian American Women's Cinema" (PhD Diss., The University of Texas at Austin, 2024), 45, ProQuest (31690532).

In-text citation:

(LastName Year)

(Ho 2024)