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Chicago Style Basics

Chicago uses two different documentation styles:

 
Notes Bibliography System
  • Most frequently used in literature, history, and the arts.
  • Sources are cited in numbered footnotes or endnotes.

Citing a Book

» In Text1

1. Firstname Lastname, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

1. Doug Salati, Hot Dog (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022), 5.

 

» Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Salati, Doug. Hot Dog. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

 

Citing an Article

» In Text1

1. Firstname Lastname, "Title of Article," Title of Publication volume number, no. issue number (year of publication): page number.

1. Paul Hardwick, "Chaucer's Friar John and the Place of the Cat," The Chaucer Review 52, no. 2 (2017): 239.

 

» Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Publication volume number, no. issue number (year of publication): page numbers.

Hardwick, Paul. "Chaucer's Friar John and the Place of the Cat." The Chaucer Review 52, no. 2 (2017): 237-252.

Author-Date System
  • Preferred by those working in the social sciences.
  • Sources are briefly cited in the text, usually in parentheses, by author’s last name and year of publication

Citing a Book

» In Text

(Lastname, year of publication) or (Lastname, year of publication, page number)

(Salati, 2022) or (Salati, 2022, 5)

 

» References

Lastname, Firstname. Year of publication. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher.

Salati, Doug. 2022. Hot Dog. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

 

Citing an Article

» In Text

(Lastname, year of publication) or (Lastname, year of publication, page number)

(Hardwick, 2017) or (Hardwick, 2017, 241)

» References

Lastname, Firstname. Year of publication. "Title of Article." Title of Publication volume number (issue number): page numbers.

Hardwick, Paul. 2017. "Chaucer's Friar John and the Place of the Cat." The Chaucer Review 52 (2): 237-252.

 

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