What does an in-text citation look like in Chicago Notes Classic?

Chicago Notes Classic 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.

How can I generate a Chicago Notes Classic 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 Classic as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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Chicago Notes Classic citation examples

Chicago Notes Classic is a note-based style: it has no reference list, and every citation is a footnote. Here is our sample journal article cited in Chicago Notes Classic:

Footnote (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 Classic

Citation style for Chicago Notes Classic. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Chicago Notes Classic: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Chicago Notes Classic style. Common in: International.

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 Classic 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 Classic" 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 Classic

What is Chicago Notes Classic?: Citation style for Chicago Notes Classic. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Chicago Notes Classic?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Chicago Notes Classic style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Chicago Notes Classic?: Chicago Notes Classic 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.
How can I generate a Chicago Notes Classic 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 Classic as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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