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GIVING CREDIT

CHICAGO STYLE

University of Chicago Press

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WHAT’S A STYLE MANUAL ANYWAY?

A set of rules governing usage, mechanics, and citations.
Usage = using words in context
Mechanics = caps, punct, spell
Citations = reference to work

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WHY DO WE NEED STYLE MANUALS?

If we

Didn’t have any Rules

then we’d, have to work. harder

to understand what

Are

Reading.

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WHY DO WE NEED STYLE MANUALS?

Keeps everything uniform.
Easy to recognize different parts of writings and citations.

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HOW MANY STYLES ARE THERE?

A bunch (or a lot)
The most popular:

MLA – literature, language, film (English)
APA – social and behavioral sciences
Chicago (Turabian) – humanities and social sciences (History)

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CHICAGO �(17^TH EDITION – 2017)

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WHAT TO DOCUMENT/CITE

Direct quotations
Paraphrases and summaries
Information and ideas that are not common knowledge, or are not available in a common reference work
Any information you borrowed, or anything that could be interpreted as your own if not cited

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CITATIONS REQUIRE

Author
Title of book/article
Title of newspaper/journal
Publication year
Publication month and date

Publisher
City of publication
Date of access
Page numbers
URL or DOI (for some online sources)

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FOOTNOTE TIPS

Footnotes come at the bottom of each page, separated from the text with a line. Some instructors prefer endnotes, which are included on a separate page (titled “Notes”) at the end of your paper.
To acknowledge a source, place a superscript number (raised slightly and smaller font size) immediately after the end punctuation of a sentence containing a quotation or reference. Do not put any additional punctuation after the number.
In the footnote use the same number as your in-text reference.

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FOOTNOTES TIPS

If a single paragraph contains multiple references to the same source, it is fine to create a single footnote entry.
Most word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word and Google Docs, offer options to automate creating footnotes.
Check with your instructor before completing your paper to confirm which note style is preferred.

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LIST OF CITATIONS

Bibliography
Alphabetical by author’s last name

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TITLE PAGE?

Instructor’s preference
Title 1/3 of way down page, centered
Your name and class information follow several lines later

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OVERALL FORMATTING

Margins = 1” to 1 ½”
Typeface recommendations

12 point font
Times New Roman
Must be readable
Be consistent

Double space all text

Exception = block quotes

Single space footnotes
Single space individual bibliographic entries
Leave an extra line space between bibliographic entries

Arabic page numbers begin in right header on first text page

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CHICAGO VS. MLA

Title page for Chicago

Title 1/3 of the way down page
Student Name
Course Name
Professor Name
Date of Submission
Not numbered

No Title Page for MLA

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