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Chicago Manual of Style -- Author - Date References

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This guide is based on the 17th edition of Chicago Manual of Style (Call No. Z 253 .U69 2017 ).

Chicago Manual of Style Online - Library's subscription of online version of the complete Chicago   Manual of Style. The Author-Date References contains detailed explanations and examples.

        In  this guide, the focus is on author-date references,  mainly  on how to cite books, articles, online resources and some other types of resources such as media. It covers the following: click on the items on the left column for what you need. These include the following.

Overview / a brief sample

Parenthetical citation / Basic Structure

Reference List: Basic Structure

Books / Chapters / Ebooks

Articles in Periodicals

Edited Works / Encyclopedia

Sources with no author

Online / Electronic materials

Media / Art / Maps

Other types of documents

Secondary sources

Legal and public documents

Sample paper

What is a Format or Style?

A format or style manual is a set of rules to be applied to a research paper or professional article in a discipline. These rules determine the format: whether footnotes/endnotes or in text citations are used; whether a bibliography or reference list is used; what information is included and in what order, and how the overall paper appears in terms of margins, title pages, subheadings, etc.
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