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Understanding Chicago-Style Notes and Bibliography Entries

Chicago’s main system for citing sources—and the subject of chapter 14 of CMOS—consists of numbered notes in the text and a corresponding list of sources in a bibliography.

May 19, 2020 in CMOS Section in the Spotlight, For Students.
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How Do I Format a Reference List in Turabian/Chicago Style?

If you cite your sources in your thesis or dissertation (or class paper) using the author-date system, you will need to include a reference list. . . .

July 16, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format Parenthetical Author-Date Citations in Turabian/Chicago Style?

If you cite your sources in your thesis or dissertation (or class paper) using the author-date system, you will signal each source in the text in parentheses. . . .

June 11, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format Footnotes in Turabian/Chicago Style?

If you cite your sources in your thesis or dissertation (or class paper) using numbered notes, you will usually have the option of using footnotes. . . .

May 16, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format Endnotes in Turabian/Chicago Style?

If you cite your sources in your thesis or dissertation (or class paper) using numbered notes, you may have the option of using endnotes rather than footnotes. . . .

April 9, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format a Bibliography in Turabian/Chicago Style?

If you cite your sources in your thesis or dissertation (or class paper) using numbered notes, you will probably also need to include a bibliography. A bibliography is an alphabetical list (by author) of all the sources cited in the notes. . . .

March 12, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format a Figure and Caption in Turabian/Chicago Style?

Many theses and dissertations (and some longer class papers) use photographs, drawings, charts, and other figures in the body of the paper to present data or to augment the text. . . .

February 12, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format a Chapter Opening Page in Turabian/Chicago Style?

Most theses and dissertations (and some longer class papers) are divided into two or more numbered chapters. Most chapters carry descriptive titles in addition to the number. Here’s how to format the opening page of a chapter for a Chicago-style paper . . .

January 8, 2019 in For Students.
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How Do I Format Sections and Subheads in Turabian/Chicago Style?

Long chapters in theses, dissertations, and long class papers may be divided into sections, which in turn may be divided into subsections, and so on. Each section may have its own title, also called a subheading or subhead. . . .

December 11, 2018 in For Students.
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How Do I Format the Main Text in Turabian/Chicago Style?

Here’s how to format the main text of a Chicago-style paper following the guidelines in Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Choose a single, readable, and widely available font. . . .

November 13, 2018 in For Students.

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