Personal Communication

Material type	Note (footnote) example	Subsequent note entry (see CMOS 14:30)	Bibliography example
Email	11. Joe Bloggs, “Architecture today”, e-mail to author, September 20, 2015.	16. Pauline Smith, e-mail message to author, December 8, 2014.	As emails are generally not available to the public, they are not usually listed in the bibliography. Instead, list the email in the text or in a footnote. See The Chicago Manual of Style Online, Chapter 14, Section 214.*
Interview: by Author	12. Janet Andrews (principal adviser, Invest Architects), in discussion with the author, July 2013.		Unpublished interviews are best cited in text or in notes, though occasionally appear in bibliographies. See The Chicago Manual of Style Online, Chapter 14, Section 211.*
Interview: published	8. Donald E. Felsinger, “Turning Energy Uncertainty into Opportunity,” interviewed by Clifford Krauss. New York Times, May 3, 2008, late edition, sec. C. "An interview that has been published or broadcast or made available online can usually be treated like an article or other item in a periodical. Interviews consulted online should include a URL or similar identifier." See The Chicago Manual of Style Online, Chapter 14, Section 213.		Felsinger, Donald E. “Turning Energy Uncertainty into Opportunity.” Interview by Clifford Krauss. New York Times, May 3, 2008, late edition, sec. C.

Creating Notes (Footnotes) using Microsoft Word

By default, Microsoft Word will format footnotes at the end of the page with a superscript number and no indent.

For the Chicago Notes and Bibliography style, you will need to manually change the font size of footnote number and indent it.

See our instructions on how to create a Note (footnote) in Word and manually edit the format according to the Chicago Notes and Bibliography style.

Please check with your Unit Coordinator to see if their preference is to use the formal Chicago style footnote formatting or the default Word format.