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Chicago Formatting Guidelines
Chicago has two ways of formatting citations. You can either:
Follow the same format as a
Chicago "Author-Date" References page
Follow the same format as a
Chicago Notes and Bibliography page
The first line of the citation starts at the left margin. Subsequent lines are indented.
Chicago style is typically single-spaced, but your assignment instructions may differ.
Please see this example from the official Chicago Manual of Style Notes and Bibliography page
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Example Chicago Entry
The documents below contain the Chicago annotated bibliography example that:
uses Chicago Author-Date formatting
summarizes a journal article
evaluates the source
explains why the article is significant or useful to the student's assignment
Annotated Bibliography example (.pdf)
Annotated Bibliography example (.docx)
Annotated Bibliography example (.odt)
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