Footnotes
Example: Zadie Smith, Swing Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2016), 315.
Shortened notes
Example: Smith, Swing Time, 320.
Bibliography
A bibliography lists the sources cited in your paper. Each bibliography entry begins with the author’s name and the title of the source, followed by publication details.
Example: Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press, 2016.
Chicago 17th edition discourages the use of ibid. in favor of shortened notes.
Example:
1. Morrison, Beloved, 3. |
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2. Morrison, 18. |
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2. Ibid., 18. |
3. Morrison, 18. |
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3. Ibid. 18 |
4. Morrison, 24–26. |
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4. Ibid., 24–26. |
5. Morrison, Song of Solomon, 401–2. |
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6. Morrison, 433. |
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6. Ibid., 433. |
7. Díaz, Oscar Wao, 37–38. |
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8. Morrison, Song of Solomon, 403. |
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9. Díaz, Oscar Wao, 152. |
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10. Díaz, 201–2. |
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10. Ibid., 201–2. |
Run In Quotes
Block Quotes
Titles mentioned in the text, notes, or bibliography are capitalized “headline-style”: first words of titles and subtitles and any important words thereafter should be capitalized.
Example:
Note
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Bibliography