Chicago format guide pdf

Prepared by Bowdoin Library, BL, 4 April 2018 1 Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide for Government Documents (citation elements from the 15th ed.; URL, access date, and "look and feel" from the 17th ed.) Chicago Manual of Style given after each heading below. Book or e-book (14.68-110; 14.166-169): use the first named city on the copyright page of the book for the place of publication. Use state codes after the city only if the city is not well known or may be confused with a different place (14.134-138). When writing a paper in Chicago style, these are the guidelines to follow; for the sake of simplicity, the term "Chicago" is used here. To apply Chicago format: Use a standard font like 12 pt. Times New Roman. Double-space the text. Use 1 inch margins or larger. Indent new paragraphs by ½ inch. To cite a PDF in Chicago style, it is helpful to know basic information including the author, book title, publisher, publication year, and place of publication. The templates and examples below are based on the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition and Chicago Style website. Chicago Manual Citation Style: 16th Ed. The Chicago Manual of Style provides two documentation systems: the notes and bibliography style (p. 1 3) If a book is available in more than one format, cite the version you consulted. For books consulted online, list a URL; include an access date only if one is required by your discipline. Chicago-Style Paper Formats Main Text Use a widely available, legible font, such as 12 pt. Times New Roman (as shown here) or Calibri, or 11 pt. Arial (some fonts will appear larger than others, even at the same point size). Double-space the main text. Leave the right margin "ragged." 2 Chicago Style - Quick Guide 16th edition 20. Buse and Stott, Ghosts,16. "Ibid." Ibid.is an abbreviation of ibidem,which means "in the same place". It may be used in place of the author's name and the title of a work in a short citation if the same work was cited in the preceding note. Provided by Academic Center for Excellence 1 Chicago Manual Style Citation Guide Created August 2012 Chicago-Style Citation Guide From Chicago Manual of Style.org If a book is available in more than one format, cite the version you consulted. For books consulted online, list a URL; include an access date only if one is required by your Chicago Manual of Style Cheat Sheet Notes-Bibliography (Humanities) Format 3 Two or Three Authors Footnote (First listing): Note number. Author first and last name and Author first and last name, Title (City of publication: Publisher, Year), page(s) cited. Example: 3. Stanley Weintraub and Stephen Ambrose, Iron Tears (New York: Free Press, 2005 Generally, Chicago citations require : 2 • Publisher • City of publication • Date of access • Page numbers • URL or doi (for some online sources) • Author • Title of book/article • Title of newspaper/journal • Publication year • Publication month and date One editor Last, First M., ed. Two translators Last, First M., and First M. The Chicago style involves two tasks: How you reference sources through numbered footnote or endnote citation as opposed to in text citation. How you compile a list of reference sources at the end of your text (reference list). Below is a list of some common citation types along with examples of how they are laid out. Notation guide Chicago Style Guide Quick Reference This reference sheet is intended to provide assistance while using the 15 th edition of The Chicago etc.)