Chicago Style Citation

Chicago Style

2 ways to cite

- Footnotes (located at the ‘foot’ of the page) or Endnotes (located at the end of the paper)

- Bibliography at the end of the paper

Bibliography

- Alphabetical list of works used in your essay/assignment

- Located at the end of your paper

- Gives standard information about sources you have used so teachers are aware of where you got information and could find original source easily

- Items to be included in your bibliography:

o Sources you have quoted from

o Sources you have summarized or paraphrased

For specifics on structure and formatting for Chicago Style citations please consult a style guide or appropriate style website. The information for this presentation was taken from the following website:

Research and Documentation Online, 5th Edition

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/index.htm

Hacker, Diana and Barbara Fister. Research

and Documentation Online. Bedford/St.

Martin’s, 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2014.

Examples:

Eg. Print Book

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of the

Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of

Publication.

Eg. Online Journal Article from a database

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of

Article.” Name of Journal or Publication. Volume #, Issue # (Year): Page Numbers. url:infull.

Important to note: Punctuation, style and formatting – VERY IMPORTANT.

Footnotes or Endnotes

- Each citation you make includes a

superscript number in the text of the paper at the end of the sentence1

- This refers the reader to the

appropriate note at either the end of the page or end of the paper with the corresponding number

- The first time you cite a source it

will look almost like the bibliography entry.

- The only difference would be it

includes the particular page number from where you are citing from

- Note: Chicago Style was created a long time ago and assumed most of the items cited would be from print sources

- The basic rules should still be followed for online sources

- Example

1. Author’s Full Name, Title of Book (Place

of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Pg. #.

- The second time (and every time after) you cite the same source you do not need to include the full publication information – only author’s last name, shortened version of title and pg. #

- Example

4. Author’s Last Name, Title of Book, Pg #.

- If you are using the same source back to back you may just use the term Ibid followed by the page number.

- Example

5. Ibid., Pg #.

Most online articles will still include page number - if it does NOT, include whatever info you can. Include the URL in first note.

Welcome to Toronto Public Library

Importance of Citing your Sources

• avoid being accused of plagiarism
• source where you have accessed information
• gives your teachers ability to verify information, access information
• prove you know research process, where to find appropriate sources

Recommended Websites

OWL - Online Writing Lab:

Purdue University

owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

University of Toronto - Writing

www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice

Research and Documentation Online, 5th Edition

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/index.htm

Eg. Online

- Follow the same guidelines as for a print source

- If no page numbers see if source has numbered paragraphs, sections or divisions use those numbers with abbreviation – par., sec., ch., pt.

- If there are no numbers don’t create any – just give the author or title (if no author) in your in text citation.

Overdrive

Online Collections @ www.tpl.ca

Plagiarism

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