Chicago Citation   Tags: chicago_citation  

Do one or more of your professors require Chicago-style citation for papers?

Chicago Style is used for a variety of disciplines, including the Sciences, Arts, Literature, and History. There are two main styles of Chicago citation: Author-Date Style and Notes-Bibliography Style (also called "Humanities"). The Author-Date style is commonly used with the Sciences, while the Notes-Bibliography Style is generally preferred for the Arts, Literature, and History disciplines.

The following pages offer citation examples for Notes and a Works Cited page in the Notes-Bibliography Style. They provide a basic guide on how to cite a variety of commonly used resources for your papers and presentations.

Chicago style includes Notes and Bibliographies. In Chicago style, Notes are the equivalent of in-text citations or parenthetical references. Instead of mentioning the source in parentheses, a superscript number is inserted after the quoted passage and connects that passage to a Note. Notes are often displayed either at the bottom of the page or the end of the chapter/book. Bibliographies are similar to Works Cited pages and may be placed near the end of a book or at the end of the chapter in a multiauthor book.