

You can also go directly to the Notes & Bibliography section or the Author-Date section if you already know which style you need to use. Visit the Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide to learn about the style's different citation systems. This style is more commonly used in the physical, natural, and social sciences.

Chicago describes two basic methods for documentation: If only using one item from a collection, you may include the title or a description of the item in the bibliography.The Chicago Manual of Style is used by some social science publications, in most historical journals, and by many academic and trade publishers. In a bibliography, references should be listed alphabetically and begin either with the name of the collection or the last name of the author. Name of Repository, Location of Repository. Weatherwax Collection, Gerth Archives and Special Collections, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA (hereafter cited as Typescript, John M. Typescript of short story “Red Shoes” by John M Weatherwax, n.d., SPC.2015.005, box 2, folder 5, John M. The shortened form is added in brackets at the end of the first citation. Subsequent citations for the same document, or if using other documents from the same collection, may be shortened.

If they are part of the heading appearing on the manuscript, they can be capitalized, but if used only as descriptors, they can be lowercase. In a note, the title of the item should be cited first and quotation marks are only used for specific titles. Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection number or identifier, box number, folder number, Collection Name, Name of Repository, Location of Repository. Sources are then listed in a separate bibliography at the end of the paper. Each note corresponds to a raised (superscript) number in the text. In the Notes and Bibliography system, sources are cited at the bottom of the page in numbered footnotes or endnotes.
