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Chicago Style
Developed more than 100 years ago, this particular format and style of writing citation was laid out by the Chicago Manual of Style and has become the definitive reference for writers as well as for publishers all over the world. If you are going to write your academic paper in the Chicago style, you will have to adhere to some self-proclaimed virtues of this format. The virtues are:

  • Good usage
  • Clarity
  • Good sense
  • Consistency
  • Literacy
Here some of the examples of writing citations according to Chicago Style. For detailed information on how to write citations as per Chicago Style, refer the style guide.

Book

One author
N: 1. Wendy Doniger, Splitting the Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), 65.
B: Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
T: (Doniger 1999, 65)
R: Doniger, Wendy. 1999. Splitting the difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Journal article

Article in a print journal
N: 8. John Maynard Smith, “The Origin of Altruism,” Nature 393 (1998): 639. B: Smith, John Maynard. “The Origin of Altruism.” Nature 393 (1998): 639–40. T: (Smith 1998, 639)
R: Smith, John Maynard. 1998. The origin of altruism. Nature 393: 639–40.

Popular magazine article

N: 29. Steve Martin, “Sports-Interview Shocker,” New Yorker, May 6, 2002, 84. B: Martin, Steve. “Sports-Interview Shocker.” New Yorker, May 6, 2002. T: (Martin 2002, 84)
R: Martin, Steve. 2002. Sports-interview shocker. New Yorker, May 6.

Thesis or dissertation

N: 22. M. Amundin, “Click Repetition Rate Patterns in Communicative Sounds from the Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena” (PhD diss., Stockholm University, 1991), 22–29, 35.
B: Amundin, M. “Click Repetition Rate Patterns in Communicative Sounds from the Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena.” PhD diss., Stockholm University, 1991. T: (Amundin 1991, 22–29, 35)
R: Amundin, M. 1991. Click repetition rate patterns in communicative sounds from the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. PhD diss., Stockholm University.


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