
Unit 10: Chicago referencing
The Chicago Manual of Style is often used to document sources for papers in the humanities (history, fine arts, and political science).
The purpose of documentation is to:
- Identify (cite) other people’s ideas and information used within your essay or assignment.
- Indicate the authors or sources of these in a Bibliography at the end of your assignment.
The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.) recognises two basic styles of citation. These pages are intended as a guideline for the notes and bibliography system only. They are split into the following sections:
Be sure to check with your instructor to find out which citation style you should use for an assignment.
Chicago citation style by Red Deer College Library, modified by Marion Kelt, GCU is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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