Chicago Style Citing AHS

Chicago Style Citation

Open Ended

What is one good thing that happened this week ?

Why?

• Provide you with guidelines (a formula)

for formatting essays

• Offer a shared set of expectations for

formatting within a discipline

• Improve your credibility in using sources

for support

• Help you avoid accusations of plagiarism

Open Ended

What is one reason why need a style citation?

Chicago regulates:

•Stylistics and document format

•in-text citations (notes)

•End-of-text citations

(bibliography)

What does Chicago regulate?

Chicago recommends:

• Typing on white, standard-sized paper (8.5“ x 11“)

• Using 1”-1.5” margins on all sides

• Using a readable typeface (e.g., Times New Roman)

at no less than 10 pt. font (preferably 12 pt.)

• Double-spacing all text, with one space after

punctuation between sentences

• Numbering pages beginning with Arabic numeral “1”

on the first page of text

Multiple Choice

What should you do to avoid plagiarism?

• Cite your sources

• Use common knowledge without citation

• Copy and paste from other sources

• None of the above

Title is centered one-third of
the way down the page and
written in ALL CAPS.

Name, course, and date
follow several lines later, and
are also centered.

No page numbers

on title page

Body text should be double-
spaced, with no break
between paragraphs or
sections.

Footnotes and endnotes are
single-spaced.

Multiple Choice

There are two types of Notes and Bibliography in Chicago Manual Style. It is foot notes and end notes

• Yes

• No

In-Text Citations:
• Each time a source is used in the text, it
must be cited by note: footnote or
endnote.

•Footnotesappear at the foot
(bottom) of the page and are
preferred.
•Endnotesappear at the end of the
paper before the bibliography.
(Endnotes are useful when footnotes have
become exorbitant.)

Multiple Choice

What's the difference between footnotes and endnotes?

• They are the same thing.

• Footnotes are at the end of the essay/project, endnote is at the bottom of a page.

• Footnotes are at the bottom of a page, endnote is the end of the essay/project.

• The footnote is the same as the bibliography.

Formatting notes:
• Place note numbers at the endof the clause or sentence to
which they refer. (After any and all punctuation except the dash.)
• Begin note numbers with “1” and follow consecutively
throughout the paper.
•Superscript note numbers in the text.

• A prose quotation of five or more

lines should be “blocked.”

• The block quotation is singled-

spaced and takes no quotation
marks, but you should leave an
extra line space immediately
before and after. Indent the entire
quotation .5” (the same as you
would the start of a new paragraph).

Formatting:
Quotes

Multiple Select

What is wrong with this Box Quote?

• The quote should be size 12.

• The Quote should be double-spaced.

• The footnote should come before the quote.

• There should be a comma instead of a colon at the end of the introduction.

• Nothing is wrong with this quote.

Multiple Choice

Chicago Style provides guidelines for two styles of source citation: Note and Bibliography and Author-date.

• Yes

• No

Center the title, “Bibliography,” at
the top of the page. Do not bold,
italicize or enclose in quotation

marks.

Single-space reference entries
internally. Double-space entries

externally.

Flush left the first line of the entry

and indent subsequent lines

Order entries alphabetically by the

authors’ last names.

Multiple Choice

What should you do if the publication date of a printed work is unavailable?

• Use the abbreviation 'n.d.'

• Use the current year as the publication date

• Omit the citation

• Use the date you accessed the source

Multiple Choice

What should you do if a work has no author?

• Use the title and relevant page number

• Use the first few words of the title

• Omit the citation

• Use the name of the organization

Multiple Choice

Which of the following book bibliography entries is cited correctly according to Chicago style formatting?

• McCullough, David. The Greater Journey. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.

• McCullough, David, The Greater Journey, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011, p. 45.

• David McCullough The Greater Journey New York: Simon & Schuster 2011.

• David McCullough. The Greater Journey. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.

Multiple Choice

In Chicago Style, the list of all your sources at the end of your paper is called a ...

• References List

• Bibliography

• Works Cited List

• Cited References List

Poll

How difficult do you find Chicago Style Citation?

• Very Easy

• Easy

• So-so

• Hard

• Very Hard

The End

The Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition
Formatting Style Guide



https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html