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Chicago style resources
- The latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) is available online
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
- A print copy of the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style is available in the library
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) guide is updated as soon as possible, once there is a new CMOS edition
- Colgate Visual Resources Library is an excellent guide for citing images and links directly to the latest CMOS edition
- Citation management software, such as Zotero, is updated as soon as possible, once there is a new CMOS edition
Chicago style: quick reference
Chicago uses two different forms: the Author-Date system and the Notes and Bibliography system. Make sure you use the proper style and form as requested by your professor. The following quick reference guide will be using Chicago Notes and Bibliography*.
For the first notation, include all of the source information: author, title, and publishing data. When citing a source a second time, include the author’s last name, the abbreviated title, and the pages. If a source is cited more than two times successively, use “Ibid.” followed by the page numbers (if differing). Notes are formatted as footnotes or endnotes beginning with “1.”
*Chicago style uses hanging indents in its bibliography.
| Book | Lastname, Firstname. Book Title. Location of publication: publisher, year. Obama, Barack. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. New York: Vintage Books, 2006. |
| Translated book |
Lastname, Firstname. Book Title. Translated by Firstname Lastname. Location of publication: publisher, year. De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine. The Little Prince. Translated by Katherine Woods. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1971. |
| Chapter in a collected work |
Lastname, Firstname. “Chapter Title.” In Book Title, edited by Firstname Lastname, pages. Location of publication: publisher, year. Barman, Jean. “Taming Aboriginal sexuality: Gender, Power, and Race in British Columbia, 1850-1900.” In In the Days of our Grandmothers: A Reader in Aboriginal Women’s History in Canada. Edited by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Lorna Townsend, 270-300. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. |
| Journal article |
Lastname, Firstname. “Article Title.” Journal Title, Volume, no.# (year): pages. Accessed Month day, year (if applicable). URL or doi. Buchanan, Brett. “The Time of the Animal.” PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, 2 no.2 (2007): 61-80. Accessed November 7, 2012. http://search.proquest.com/docview/43243630?accountid=12005. |
| Newspaper article |
Lastname, Firstname. “Article Title.” Newspaper (place of publication), Month day, year. URL (if applicable). Smith, Teresa. “Drought-Stricken Almonte Farmer Receives Much-Needed Hay from Saskatchewan.” Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa), October 31, 2012. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Drought+stricken+Almonte+farmer+receiv... |
| Online presentation / conference |
Name of presenter. “Presentation Title if available.” Presented to Name of conference and organization, place, date. URL. Brown, Brené. “The Power of Vulnerability.” Presented to Ted Talks, Houston, June 2010. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html. |
| Website |
Author, screen name, or editor. “Title of page.” Website name, date last modified (if available). Date accessed (if not modified). URL. Historica Dominion Institute. Richard Pierpoint. Historica Dominion Institute. Accessed November 8, 2012. https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/richard-pierpoint |
| Blog |
Generally, blogs are listed in the notes and not the bibliography. However, if it is a blog of significance you may add it to your bibliography. If the title includes the word “blog” there is no need to repeat it within parentheses. In the notes: Geist, Michael, “Canadian Copyright Reform in Force: Expanded User Rights Now the Law,” Michael Geist (blog), November 7, 2012, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6692/125/. |
Managing citations with Zotero
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- Directly import references from article databases, the library catalogue, e-book collections, etc.
- Manage and organize your references and research materials (PDFs, ePubs, web page snapshots, etc)
- Annotate research papers with highlighting, custom notes, and capture tables or figures with automatic page references
- Create a bibliography
- Share your references with others
- Add in-text citation and a bibliography directly into your assignment
- Synchronize your references and research materials across multiple computers
- ... all with unlimited storage for users who have an @laurentian.ca or @laurentienne.ca email address associated with their Zotero account
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Getting started with Zotero
- Consult the Zotero documentation
- Contact the librarian supporting your faculty