Chicago Manual of Style 17 Notes and Bibliography

FORMATTING GUIDELINES

FONT, SPACING, MARGINS, ALIGNMENT, INDENTATION, PAGE NUMBERS 

COVER PAGE 

QUOTATIONS [SHORT AND LONG] 

BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE 

HANGING INDENT GUIDE

CREDITING SOURCES

WHAT REQUIRES A FOOTNOTE 

HOW DOES A CITATION APPEAR IN THE TEXT 

SHORTENING FOOTNOTES WHEN CITING A SOURCE MORE THAN ONCE 

HOW TO INSERT A FOOTNOTE IN WORD OR GOOGLE DOCS

SOURCE TYPES

TWO AUTHORS 

THREE OR MORE AUTHORS

ORGANIZATION OR GOVE RNMENT AS AUTHOR 

AUTHOR UNKNOWN 

CLASSICAL PRIMARY SOURCES 

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES 

U.S. CONSTITUTION 

SOURCE QUOTED IN ANOTHER SOURCE 

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 

AUTHOR AND EDITOR OR TRANSLATOR 

PERIODICALS – ONLINE & PRINT

JOURNAL ARTICLE FORMATTING NOTES 

JOURNAL ARTICLE – WITH A DOI 

JOURNAL ARTICLE – WITHOUT A DOI 

MAGAZINES OR NEWSPAPERS – ONLINE & PRINT 

BOOKS – ELECTRONIC & PRINT

BOOK FORMATTING NOTES

ORDER OF ELEMENTS WHEN CITING A BOOK 

PRINT BOOK 

ELECTRONIC BOOK 

ARTICLE OR CHAPTER IN AN EDITED COLLECTION 

ENTRY IN A REFERENCE BOOK – ONLINE & PRINT 

AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

ORDER OF ELEMENTS FOR MULTIMEDIA CITATIONS 

STREAMING VIDEO 

FILM/DVD 

PODCAST 

WEBSITES & SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE FORMATTING NOTES 

WEBPAGE WITH AN AUTHOR 

WEBPAGE – ORGANIZATION AS AUTHOR OR NO AUTHOR 

BLOGPOST 

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