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How to Cite Our Materials

General guidelines

When using our materials in the media, exhibits, or other public contexts, please acknowledge they are held in J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte.

Academic citations

The following guidelines are based on the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. See Citation and Style Guides for more information.

General format: Bibliography

[Collection Name, date span]. [Collection #]. Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Examples

Chambers, Julius L. Papers, 1902-1989. MS0085. Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Time Out Youth Records, 1991-2013. MS0455. Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Cone, Bonnie E. Interview by Ed Perzel, February 4, 1988. Interview 10. Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Available at https://goldmine.charlotte.edu/index/render/object/pid/uncc:2905/parentPID/uncc:cb.

General format: Footnote

[Item, date], [box #, folder #], [Collection Name, date span], [Collection #], Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Examples

A tentative plan for the integration of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 1969 May 8, box 7, folder 2, Julius L. Chambers papers, 1902-1989, MS0085, Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Bonnie E. Cone, Interview by Ed Perzel, February 4, 1988, Interview 10, Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Available at https://goldmine.charlotte.edu/index/render/object/pid/uncc:2905/parentPID/uncc:cb.