Chicago Documentation Style

The Chicago or Turabian style places bibliographic citations at the bottom of a page or at the end of a paper.

Although the 14th edition of The Chicago Manual of style (1993) and the 5th edition of Turabian's Manual for Writers (1987) also offer guidelines for parenthetical documentation and reference lists, the Chicago and Turabian styles are most commonly thought of as note systems.

Ask your instructor whether you need to use notes or whether you can cite sources parenthetically in your text.

Additional information about Chicago/Turabian documentation

If you have questions about how to cite sources other than those illustrated here, consult either The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010) or Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 8th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013), both of which are available at the Writing Center and in many campus libraries.

If you are a UW–Madison student, faculty, or staff, you can access The Chicago Manual of Style online through the UW Libraries subscription.

Many of the sample references in this handout are taken from The Chicago Manual and Turabian.

About Electronic Sources

For information about Chicago style citation of electronic sources, take a look at their frequently asked questions web page: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html

See also Harnack, Andrew, and Eugene Kleppinger, E. Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998.
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