General Format
Full Note:
1. Name of Government Body/Division, Publication Title, (Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year), URL.
Concise Note:
2. Name of Government Body/Division, Publication Title.
Bibliography:
Name of Government Body/Division. Publication Title. Place of Publication:
Publisher, Year. URL.
Example
Full Note:
1. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943 (Washington, DC: GPO, 1965), 562. https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AHYZCVT6HJUNS78B3.
Concise Note:
2. U.S. Department of State, on Aboriginal Peoples, Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943.
Bibliography:
U.S. Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943. Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AHYZCVT6HJUNS78B.
When the note entry includes a URL that must be divided between two lines, break it after a colon or a double slash or before a tilde (~), period, single slash, comma or hyphen. (14.12 / p. 659)
Formatting of papers in Chicago Style:
A sample paper in Chicago Style, using the Notes and Bibliography system, with highlighting and notes in the margins explaining the various components. Presented by Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
A sample paper using the Chicago Style, with footnotes, page numbers, section headings, and bibliography, (NOTE: Footnote 13 uses Ibid. to denote that it is from the same source as Footnote 12. Chicago Style 17th edition discourages the use of Ibid. and requires writers to use shortened notes instead.) Presented by Montana State University Billings.
Citations and bibliographies in Chicago Style:
The Chicago Manual of Style Online:A quick guide to the two basic documentation systems in the Chicago Manual of Style: (1) notes and bibliography (used in literature, history, and the arts) and (2) author-date (used in the physical, natural, and social sciences).
Access to the Chicago-Style Quick Guide is free. Presented by The Chicago Manual of Style Online, a paid-subscription service.
Samples of the Notes and Bibliography system show the first note for a source (Full Citation) followed by subsequent notes for a source (Shortened Citation) along with the bibliography entry for the same source. Includes examples of citations for a: Book; Chapter or other part of an edited book; Translated book; E-book; Journal article; News or magazine article; Book review; Interview; Thesis or dissertation; Website content; Social media content; and Personal communication.
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Online guides from university libraries:Use the notes-bibliography system to create footnotes or endnotes for specific citations and a bibliography at the end of your
work, arranged in alphabetical order, that provides full details about your sources. The examples in this QuickGuide from the University of Alberta Libraries based on The Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition, 2017).
Basic guidelines for following the Chicago citation format, with guidance on margins, spacing, notes, bibliography, page numbering and section headings. NOTE: students writing Extended Essays should have their title page follow IB guidelines (Title, Research Question, IB Extended Essay Subject or World Studies Extended Essay theme and IB subjects.)
Information on The Chicago Manual of Style method of document formatting and citation, with links to specific examples for citing books, periodicals, web sources, film and television, interviews, personal communication, lectures and presentations, and published and unpublished materials.
