Skip to Main Content

Citation Guides: Chicago/Turabian

Information on citations, plagiarism, and research practices

Introduction to Chicago Style citations

Chicago Style actually consists of two citation styles: Author-page style and note-bibliopgraphy style.  The author-page style is similar to MLA and APA citation styles in that it includes in-text citations that immediately follow the material you are referencing and a list of reference at the end of your paper.  The note-bibliography style differs in that your in-text citations appear in footnotes at the bottom of each page or endnotes at the end of each section.  The note-bibliography style includes a list of all references at the end of your paper, called the Bibliography.  You should ask your teacher which of these styles you should use!

Style manuals

The library has copies of the following books that can walk you through Chicago citations from start to finish.

Learning the Social Sciences: Chicago Style 17th Edition Tutorial

Online resources

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) Website

Purdue OWL

Things to remember

  • The list of references at the end of your paper is called REFERENCES (if you're using author-page style) or BIBLIOGRAPHY (if you're using endnote-bibliography style)
  • Notes can go at the end of each page (footnotes) or at the end of each chapter/section (endnotes)
  • Chicago is typically used in history and business classes
  • As of February 2023 Chicago is on the 17th edition