CMoS stands for Chicago Manual of Style
Subjects that commonly use CMoS:
There are two main types of CMoS formatting:
Check your assignments and with your instructors to make sure you are using the correct type of formatting.
Papers formatted with CMoS typically follow this structure:
Editions: CMoS is currently on its 17th edition, published in 2017. Check your assignments and your sources to make sure you are using the correct edition.
Turabian is a similar style to CMoS and provides additional guidelines. Turabian is currently on its 9th edition, published in 2018.
Check your assignments and your sources to make sure you are using the correct style and edition.
Three Elements of Notes-Bibliography entries:
Template:
Author(s). Title. Publication Information.
Four Elements of Author-Date Bibliography entries:
Template:
Author. Year. Title. Publication Information.
Notes- Bibliography Entry:
Last Name, First Name. "Article title in quotation marks". Journal Title italicized volume number, no. issue number (Publication Date in parentheses): page numbers. DOI, permalink, or URL.
Example:
Benz, Terressa A. “Toxic Cities: Neoliberalism and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit Michigan.” Critical Sociology 45, no. 1 (January 2019): 49–62. doi:10.1177/0896920517708339.
Footnote or Endnote:
First Name Last Name, "Article title in quotation marks". Journal Title italicized volume number, no. issue number (Publication Date in parentheses): page number. DOI, permalink, or URL.
Example:
Terressa A. Benz, “Toxic Cities: Neoliberalism and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit Michigan.” Critical Sociology 45, no. 1 (January 2019): 50. doi:10.1177/0896920517708339.
Author-Date System Bibliography Entry:
This format depends on the details available. Consult resources for detailed information.
Last Name, First Name. Year. "Article title in quotation marks." Journal Title italicized volume number, no. issue number (month or season in parentheses): article page range.
Example:
Benz, Terressa A. 2019. “Toxic Cities: Neoliberalism and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit Michigan.” Critical Sociology 45, no. 1 (January): 49–62. doi:10.1177/0896920517708339.
Bibliography Entry:
Last name, First name. "Title of of dissertation or thesis in quotation marks." Type of document, University Granting Degree, Year of publication. DOI, permanlink, or URL.
Example:
Kirchner, David Elek. "Challenging Private Power: Neighborhood Opposition to Redlining in Three Midwestern Cities." Doctoral Dissertation, Washington University, 2001. https://search.proquest.com/docview/304734464
Footnote or Endnote:
First name Last name, "Title of of dissertation or thesis in quotation marks." (Type of document, University Granting Degree, Year of publication in parentheses), page number. DOI, permanlink, or URL.
Example:
Kirchner, David Elek. "Challenging Private Power: Neighborhood Opposition to Redlining in Three Midwestern Cities." (Doctoral Dissertation, Washington University, 2001.) 113, https://search.proquest.com/docview/304734464
Author-Date Bibliography Entry:
Last name, First name. Year. "Title of of dissertation or thesis in quotation marks." Type of document, University Granting Degree. DOI, permanlink, or URL.
Example:
Kirchner, David Elek. 2001. "Challenging Private Power: Neighborhood Opposition to Redlining in Three Midwestern Cities." Doctoral Dissertation, Washington University. https://search.proquest.com/docview/304734464
Bibliography Entry:
Last name, First name. Title of Book italicized. Publisher, Year of publication. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Example:
Aalbers, Manuel B. Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/fhsu/detail.action?docID=697783
Footnote or Endnote:
First name Last name, Title of Book Italicized. (Publisher, Year of publication. in parentheses), page number. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Example:
Manuel B. Aalbers, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets. (John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.) 78. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/fhsu/detail.action?docID=697783
Author-Date System Bibliography Entry:
Last name, First Name. Year. Title italicized. Publisher name. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Example:
Aalbers, Manuel B. 2011. Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/fhsu/detail.action?docID=697783
Encyclopedia with an individual author and editor Bibliography Entry:
Last name, First name. "Title of entry in quotation marks." In Title of Encyclopedia italicized. Edited by First Name Last Name. Edition. Publisher, Year of publication. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Example:
Martin, Lori Latrice. "Redlining." In Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice, edited by Sherwood Thompson. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/rowmandasj/redlining/0
Encyclopedia with an individual author and editor Footnote or Endnote:
First name Last name, "Title of entry in quotation marks, in Title of Encyclopedia italicized, ed. Editor First name Last Name, Edition, (Publisher, Year of publication. in parentheses), page number. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Example:
Lori Latrice Martin, "Redlining," in Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice, ed. Sherwood Thompson. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/rowmandasj/redlining/0
Encyclopedia with an individual author and editor Author-Date System Bibliography Entry:
Last name, First Name. Year. "Title of Entry in quotation marks." In Encyclopedia Title italicized. Edited by First Name Last Name. Edition. Publisher, Year of publication. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Example:
Martin, Lori Latrice. "Redlining." In Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice, edited by Sherwood Thompson. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/rowmandasj/redlining/0
Encyclopedia with no individual author and no editor Bibliography Entry:
Title of Encyclopedia italicized, Edition. s.v. "Title of Entry in quotation marks," Publisher, Year of publication, or last modified date, or access date. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, s.v. "segregation, racial." Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/ebconcise/segregation_racial/0
Encyclopedia with no individual author and no editor Footnote or Endnote:
Title of Encyclopedia italicized, Edition. s.v. "Title of Entry in quotation marks," (Year of publication in parentheses). or last modified date, or access date. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, s.v. "segregation, racial." (2017). https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/ebconcise/segregation_racial/0
Encyclopedia with no individual author and no editor Author-Date System Bibliography Entry:
Title of Encyclopedia italicized, Edition. s.v. "Title of Entry in quotation marks," Publisher, Year of publication, or last modified date, or access date. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, s.v. "segregation, racial." Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/ebconcise/segregation_racial/0
What does s.v. mean?
s.v. stands for sub verbo, Latin for "under the word" and is used to identify the article's title when there is no author
Bibliography Entry:
Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of specific web page in quotation marks." Title of site as a whole. Owner or sponsor of site. Publication, modification or access date. URL.
Example:
"Definition of Redlining in Real Estate." The Balance. Dotdash. Last modified November 21, 2019. https://www.thebalance.com/definition-of-redlining-1798618
Footnote or Endnote:
Author Last Name, First Name."Title of specific web page in quotation marks." Title of site as a whole. Owner or sponsor of site. Publication, modification or access date. URL.
"Definition of Redlining in Real Estate. "The Balance. Dotdash. Last modified November 21, 2019. https://www.thebalance.com/definition-of-redlining-1798618
Author-Date Bibliography Entry:
Author Last Name, First Name.Year. "Title of specific web page in quotation marks." Title of site as a whole. Owner or sponsor of site. Publication, modification or access date. URL.
"Definition of Redlining in Real Estate." 2019. The Balance. Dotdash. Last modified November 21, 2019. https://www.thebalance.com/definition-of-redlining-1798618
Give the name of the artist, the title of the artwork (in italics), the year it was made, and where it lives (museum, gallery, etc.). It’s fine to add other information if you know it, such as the size and medium. If you found it online, give the date you found it and the URL. If you found it in a book, cite the book and page number. You can put the information in a caption near the image or in an endnote or footnote. (Images are not usually listed in a bibliography.)
Examples of endnotes or footnotes
Example for citing within the text of a paper
There are many paintings of the American West. Georgia O’Keeffe’s The Cliff Chimneys (1938, Milwaukee Art Museum) is a famous one.
If you are using author-date citations:
Author-date citations are not normally used to cite images. Instead, put the information about the image into a caption or in parentheses in the text of your paper.
Notes-Bibliography System:
Include a footnote or endnote each time you use a source. These notes have a superscript number for each note, with references at the end of the page (footnote) or document/chapter (endnote).
How to insert footnotes and endnotes in Word
If the paper also includes a bibliography, the information in the note can be shortened. If there is not a bibliography, all information should be included in the note.
Example: "Perhaps the most blatant example of a government instituted system of worthiness occurred within six months of the switch to the Flint River when General Motors (GM) ceased use of the toxic water "1
1. Terressa A. Benz, “Toxic Cities: Neoliberalism and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit Michigan.” Critical Sociology 45, no. 1 (January 2019): 50. doi:10.1177/0896920517708339.
Author-Date System:
Template:
(Last Name Year)
Example: (Benz 2019)
Narrative Citations: If you refer to the author in your written text, use only the year in parentheses after the author's name.
Example: Benz (2019) examines environmental racism in Michigan.
Specific Quotes and Paraphrases: Include information about the specific part of your citation, such as page, paragraph, or chapter.
Example: "Perhaps the most blatant example of a government instituted system of worthiness occurred within six months of the switch to the Flint River when General Motors (GM) ceased use of the toxic water " (Benz 2019, 55)
There are two different styles (both are identical in content, but different in forms)
For the Title Page, all text should be center-aligned, double-spaced, all the same font, and the Title and Subtitle is 1/3 down the page, Capitalized and in Bold. And 2/3 down the page place the other information: Name, Course Name and Code, The Date.
Title
Subtitle
Name
Course Name and Code
The Date
For the Bibliography or Reference list
Bibliography (for Notes-Bibliogrpahy style) or References (For Author-Date style)
Primary Sources
Benz, Terressa A. “Toxic Cities: Neoliberalism and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit Michigan.” Critical Sociology 45, no. 1 (January 2019): 49–62. doi:10.1177/0896920517708339.
Benz, Terressa A. 2019. “Toxic Cities: Neoliberalism and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit Michigan.” Critical Sociology 45, no. 1 (January): 49–62. doi:10.1177/0896920517708339.
Secondary Sources
Aalbers, Manuel B. Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/fhsu/detail.action?docID=697783
Aalbers, Manuel B. 2011. Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/fhsu/detail.action?docID=697783
“Comments that betray a writer’s conscious or unconscious biases or ignorance may cause readers to lose respect for the writer and interpret the writer’s words in ways that were never intended.”[1]
For more details about Conscious Language, refer to chapters 5.252 – 5.260 in the 17th edition of the CMoS.
[1] The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press Editorial Press), accessed August 31, 2021, https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch05/psec260.html.
What is Chicago style citation?
Chicago is a documentation style that has been published by the Chicago University Press since 1906. There are two different styles (both are identical in content, but different in form)
This style type is most common among writers and students of History, English and Art. It provides readers with cues they can use to follow your ideas more efficiently and to locate information of interest.
Where do I put in-text citations, footnotes, endnotes?
[1] Last name, First name. Title of Book italicized. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. URL, permalink, DOI, or database.
Do in-text citations count towards word count?
No, the in-text citations, footnotes, or endnotes do not count towards a word count.
What are the General Guidelines for a Bibliography or Reference List?
How should a source be cited when there is no author?
No author: start with the title
What if there is no publication date?
Use n.d
What words in a title should be capitalized?
All titles are written in title case