This guide is based on the University of Queensland's Chicago 17 Referencing Guide and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
This guide provides guidance and examples for the Chicago 18th Notes & Bibliography style using footnotes.
Elements of Chicago Referencing:
The in-text superscript number (14) in the body of your assignment when you cite other’s ideas.
A corresponding Footnote at the bottom of the same page with details of the source you have cited.
The Bibliography at the end of your assessment.
See the box below for common examples and use the left hand menu to navigate to specific source types.
You should check your unit guide or consult with unit convenors for the style required by your unit.
The MQ Chicago 17th Guide is still available. See a summary of the changes between the 17th and 18th edition.
In-text superscript number:
"This balanced intervention in monastic affairs influenced the developing law of exemption in late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages." 9
Footnote:
9. Kriston Rennie, "The normative character of monastic exemption in the early medieval Latin west," Medieval Worlds 6, no.7 (2017): 71, https://doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no6_2017s61.
Bibliography:
Rennie, Kriston. "The normative character of monastic exemption in the early medieval Latin west." Medieval Worlds 6, no.7 (2017): 61-77. https://doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no6_2017s61.
Footnote:
1. Alastair Blanshard, Hercules: A Heroic Life (Granta, 2006), 151.
Bibliography:
Blanshard, Alastair. Hercules: A Heroic Life. Granta, 2006.
Footnote:
8. Patrick Jory, "Republicanism in Thai History," in A Sarong for Clio: Essays on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Thailand, ed. Maurizio Peleggi (Cornell University Press, 2015), 97-117.
Bibliography:
Jory, Patrick. "Republicanism in Thai History." In A Sarong for Clio: Essays on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Thailand, edited by Maurizio Peleggi, 97-117. Cornell University Press, 2015.
Footnote:
1. Genevieve von Petzinger, "Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?" filmed August 2015 at TED Fellows Retreat 2015, video, 12:05, https://www.ted.com/talks/genevieve_von_petzinger_why_are_these_32_symbols_found_in_ancient_caves_all_over_europe.
Bibliography:
von Petzinger, Genevieve. "Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?" Filmed August 2015 at TED Fellows Retreat 2015. Video,12:05. https://www.ted.com/talks/genevieve_von_petzinger_why_are_these_32_symbols_found_in_ancient_caves_all_over_europe.
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