The Chicago Style

The following content is referenced from Easybib’s page. The Chicago citation style is probably the “classic” citation style of history essays–no history research paper is complete without it. This style is generally used for scholarly publications, and can be done two ways: (1) Notes and bibliography style or (2) Author-date style. The table below describes the difference between the two:

To cite common documents like books, chapters from a book, journal articles, websites and newspapers, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style’s quick citation guide.

To cite specialized documents like interviews, letters, and legal documents, refer to Menlo School Library’s citation guide.