Referencing style - Chicago: Author-Date Referencing Style
A guide to using the Chicago 17th referencing style for footnotes and reference lists.
Chicago Author-Date References (17th edition)
This page provides examples of the Chicago Referencing Style Author-Date References system.
This referencing style requires two main elements:
- In-text citations, which appear in brackets within the body of your work, at the end of a sentence or a phrase in which the source is referenced. They are a shortened way of acknowledging the source at the point you use it in your writing.
- A Reference List at the end of your document listing all the works that you have cited. They are formatted with a hanging indent (instructions available here) and arranged alphabetically by author.
This guide divides references into different formats for ease of use.
References by Format
For additional examples and explanations, or in doubt, please refer to Chapter 15 of The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition or its Sample Citations page.
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