Use the tabs on the top of this guide to navigate to the examples dedicated to the notes and bibliography system and author-date system.įor more examples and explanations, refer to the online Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. This guide provides some common examples of each system. The author-date system is often used in the sciences and social sciences. This referencing style requires the author and date in parenthesis when citing in the text, and a Reference List at the end of your document listing all the works that you have cited, arranged alphabetically by author.Ĭheck your unit outline, or with your unit coordinator or tutor to find out which style you need to use for your assignments.

The bibliography should be arranged alphabetically by author. The Chicago Manual of Style offers two systems of documentation: the Footnotes and Bibliography System. The notes and bibliography system is often used in the humanities disciplines such as literature, history and the arts. This referencing style requires footnotes in text when citing, and a bibliography at the end of your document listing all the works that you have cited and any other works you have consulted. A Guide from the Landmark College Library.

Author-date (often also referred to as in-text or parenthetical text).

Notes and bibliography (often also referred to as Chicago footnote).

The Chicago referencing style comes in two varieties:

Every scholarly discipline has a preferred format or style for referencing sources.

Chicago footnotes example