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Chicago notes citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Chicago notes — a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text:

Journal article
Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
Book
Okafor, Amara. The Craft of Research Writing. 2nd ed. University Press, 2019.
Website
Larsen, Sofie. “How Peer Review Works.” Open Science Digest, May 14, 2023. https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article)
Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

About Chicago notes

Chicago notes and bibliography uses footnotes or endnotes plus a bibliography. Preferred in history and many humanities disciplines.

When to use Chicago notes: History, arts, and humanities when footnotes or endnotes are required. Common in: United States.

Subject areas: anthropology, communications, generic base, geography, history, humanities, law, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, science, social science, sociology and theology.

How to use this Chicago notes generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Chicago notes" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Chicago notes

What is Chicago Manual of Style (notes and bibliography)?
Chicago notes and bibliography uses footnotes or endnotes plus a bibliography. Preferred in history and many humanities disciplines.
When should I use Chicago notes?
History, arts, and humanities when footnotes or endnotes are required.
What does an in-text citation look like in Chicago notes?
Chicago notes is a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
What does a Chicago notes reference list entry look like?
A journal article formatted in Chicago notes looks like this: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
How can I generate a Chicago notes citation?
Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Chicago notes as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

CitationEasy supports many citation styles from around the world. Our generator uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles from the official CSL repository.