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Style
Chicago 17
Used In
History
In-text Format
Footnote¹ or (Smith 2023, 45)
Published by
University of Chicago Press (UCP)

What Is Chicago Style?

Chicago Style (17th Edition) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive citation systems, used widely in history, arts, and humanities. It offers two systems: Notes-Bibliography (NB) for humanities with footnotes and a bibliography, and Author-Date (AD) for sciences with parenthetical citations. The NB system is what most students mean when they say "Chicago style."

Primary disciplines: History, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences

Chicago 17 Citation Examples

Footnote (NB)
¹ John Smith, The History of Modern Art (New York: Academic Press, 2020), 45.
Short Footnote
² Smith, History of Modern Art, 47.
Ibid.
³ Ibid., 52.
Bibliography
Smith, John. The History of Modern Art. New York: Academic Press, 2020.
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Key Chicago 17 Rules

  • Notes-Bibliography: use superscript numbers in text, full citation in footnote
  • First footnote: full citation; subsequent: shortened form (Last, *Short Title*, page)
  • Ibid. used when citing the same source as the immediately preceding note
  • Bibliography at end: alphabetical by author's last name, hanging indent
  • Author-Date: parenthetical (Last Year, page) with reference list at end
  • Publisher city and publisher name required for books
  • Access date required for websites that may change

Chicago 17 vs Other Formats

Chicago NB vs AD
NB (Notes-Bibliography) for humanities uses footnotes; AD (Author-Date) for sciences uses parenthetical citations
Turabian
Turabian is a student-focused adaptation of Chicago — same rules, slightly simplified for academic papers

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