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The Chicago Manual of Style is a commonly used citation style in business, history, and the fine arts. The style has two formats:
Notes and Bibliography: In-text citations are displayed as footnotes or endnotes, which links to a Bibliography.
Author-Date: In-text citations are displayed as parenthetical documentation (including a brief citation enclosed with parenthesis within the text), which links to a Reference List.
This page will provide a brief overview and resources for Chicago Style. Citation examples are listed in the tab to the left but are separated between the two formats mentioned above. For more in-depth information please consult the Chicago Manual of Style, Chicago Manual of Style Online, and the web resources listed below. Additionally, you may consult the Turabian style, which is a simplified version of Chicago Style for students. The main difference is that Turabian is shorter and contains fewer instructions.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by
Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. [...] This seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been prepared with an eye toward how we find, create, and cite information that readers are as likely to access from their pockets as from a bookshelf.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by
When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their work in a logical way. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations--also known as "Turabian"--remains one of the most popular books for writers because of its timeless focus on achieving these goals.
Video Credit: "Introduction to Citation Styles: Chicago 17th Ed." courtesy of CSU Dominguez Hills licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (reuse allowed).
Video Credit: "Format a Word Document in Chicago (CMS) 17th/Turabian 9th ed" courtesy of Lone Star College CyFair Branch Library.
