Sources that may be omitted - Notes-bibliography style: the basic form - Part II. Source Citation

A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, 7th edition - Kate L. Turabian 2007

Sources that may be omitted
Notes-bibliography style: the basic form
Part II. Source Citation

By convention, you may omit the following types of sources from a bibliography:

newspaper articles (see 17.4)

classical, medieval, and early English literary works (17.5.1) and (in some cases) well-known English-language plays (17.8.7)

the Bible and other sacred works (17.5.2)

well-known reference works, such as major dictionaries and encyclopedias (17.5.3)

brief published items, such as reviews of published works or performances (17.5.4), abstracts (17.5.5), and pamphlets and reports (17.5.6)

unpublished interviews and personal communications (17.6.3), Weblog entries and comments (17.7.2), and postings to electronic mailing lists (17.7.3)

individual documents in unpublished manuscript collections (17.6.4)

many sources in the visual and performing arts, including artworks and other visual sources (17.8.1), live performances (17.8.2), and television and other broadcast programs (17.8.3)

the U.S. Constitution (17.9.5), legal cases (17.9.7), and some other public documents (17.9)

You may choose to include in your bibliography a specific work from one of these categories that is critical to your argument or frequently cited.

If you use many such sources from a single larger entity—for example, several documents from a single manuscript collection—you may cite the larger entity, as discussed in the relevant sections of chapter 17.