The Chicago Manual of Style is used for History and some Humanities.
Instead of using in-text citations like MLA and APA does, Chicago uses footnotes or endnotes. You can find footnotes/endnotes by clicking on the “insert” tab and/or the “reference” tab in Microsoft Word.
BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
Note
Author with FIRST Name First, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number(s).
Example:
Harlow Giles Unger, Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998), 35-38.
Bibliography
Author with LAST Name First. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
Unger, Harlow Giles. Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
BOOK WITH TWO AUTHORS
Note
Name of First Listed Author with FIRST Name First and Name of Second Author with FIRST Name First, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number(s).
Example:
Jan Svartvik and Geoffrey Leech, English: One Tongue, Many Voices (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006), 124-129.
Bibliography:
Name of First Listed Author with LAST Name First, and Name of Second Author with FIRST Name First. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
Svartvik, Jan, and Geoffrey Leech. English: One Tongue, Many Voices. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006.
BOOK WITH AN EDITOR
Note
Author with FIRST Name First, Title of Book, ed. Editor’s Name with FIRST Name First (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number(s).
Example:
Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ed. Alice Fahs (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004), 24.
Bibliography
Author with LAST Name First, Title of Book. Edited by Editor’s Name with FIRST Name First. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
Alcott, Louisa May. Hospital Sketches. Edited by Alice Fahs. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004.
ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL
Note:
Author with FIRST Name First, “Title of Article,” Title of Journal volume # (Date): page number(s).
Example:
John Maynard Smith, “The Origin of Altruism,” Nature 393 (1998): 639.
Bibliography:
Author with LAST Name First. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal volume #, issue #. (Date): page numbers.
Example:
Smith, John Maynard. “The Origin of Altruism.” Nature 393 (1998): 639–40.
Article Online (Note)
Author with FIRST Name First, “Title of Article,” Title of Journal volume # (Date): page number(s), Article URL.
Example:
John Maynard Smith, “The Origin of Altruism,” Nature 393 (1998): 639, http://www.nature.com.
ARTICLE IN A MAGAZINE
Note
Author with FIRST Name First, “Title of Article,” Title of Magazine, Date, page number(s).
Example:
Steve Martin, “Sports-Interview Shocker,” New Yorker, May 6, 2002, 84.
Bibliography:
Author with LAST Name First. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Date, page numbers.
Example:
Martin, Steve. “Sports-Interview Shocker.” New Yorker, May 6, 2002.
Magazine Article Online (Note)
Author with FIRST Name First, “Title of Article,” Title of Journal, Date, page number(s), Article URL.
Example:
Steve Martin, “Sports-Interview Shocker,” New Yorker, May 6, 2002, 84, http://newyorker.com.
Ideas and some examples borrowed from the 15th Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style Online
Last updated: October 2007