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Chicago Style Citation Help
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Be sure to check your class syllabus, as well as any documents, announcements, or postings from your instructor for specific information about the assignment. If your instructor recommends using Chicago style citations for your essay or research paper, these resources may be helpful:
Quick Tips
Chicago: Humanities style citations use footnotes or endnotes, not parenthetical references. For more information, see What are footnotes? and an image of a footnote example from Plagiarism.org.
Indent the first line of each note by five spaces.
Start each note with its corresponding number, a period, and one space.
For the first footnote or endnote for a source, give the full citation information. For subsequent notes, use use the author's name, title, and the page number. If you use the same source two or more times in a row, use the abbreviation Ibid., followed by the page number.
To cite books, check the front pages of the book or the record in the library catalog to find the publication information you need to format the citation. Sample Chicago style format for the first footnote or endnote for a print book:
1. Author's Name, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication Date), Page Numbers.
To cite articles found in our MATC library databases, check the article citation or article information page to find publication information. Sample Chicago style format for the first footnote or endnote for an article from one of our library databases:
1. Author's Name, "Title of Article,"Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication), Page Numbers, <URL> (Date Accessed).
Some library databases allow you to save a citation in a particular format, along with the article. You can then copy and paste the citation text into your footnote or endnote. Check the formatting and make any necessary corrections.
- For EBSCO databases, including Academic Search Elite, select the include when saving/sending checkbox and select Chicago/Turabian:Humanities style from the drop-down Citation Format list. Note: There have been some issues with the MATC student email and EBSCO articles, so use a different email address or use the save option instead.
- Most Proquest databases, including Proquest Online Newspapers, allow you to click the cite this link at the top of the page and select Chicago/Turabian:Humanities style.
- Gale databases, including Academic Onefile and Expanded Academic, have a citation tools link on the right which works for MLA and APA, but currently not for Chicago style.
To cite book reviews in Chicago style:
- This Citesource document(pdf) from Trinity College Library includes examples of book review citations.
- Sample Chicago style format for the first footnote or endnote for a book review from a journal in one of our library databases:
1. Reviewer's Name, "Title of Review," Review of Title of Book, by Name of Author, Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication), <URL> (Date Accessed).
Microsoft Word has features to help you insert footnotes or endnotes, and manage your references.
Questions: Check with your instructor, the MATC Writing Center, or Ask a Librarian.
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