Library Guides @ VIU: Citing Your Sources: Chicago Style

Quick and General Style Guides

Chicago style has two different types. Clarify with your instructor if you aren't sure which to use.

Notes and bibliography: includes footnotes or endnotes with bibliography at the end of the paper
Author-date: includes in-text citations and a reference list at the end of the paper

Official resources by the Chicago Manual of Style:

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.
The complete Chicago Manual of Style online. Use the table of contents or search functions to find what you need.
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
A quick reference for common citation scenarios.

Citing Business Sources - Chicago Style (University of Western Ontario Library)
Citing Business Sources (UCLA)
Citing Canadian Government Documents - Chicago Style, 15th Edition
Please note this refers to the 15th ed. of the Chicago Manual of Style. "The 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style does not treat the citing of government documents as substantively as does the previous edition and suggests researchers refer to discipline specific guides such as the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation."