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Chicago 17th Referencing

Instructions and links for Referencing support

Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, was published in September, 2024. Our guide will be updated for Session Two 2025. In the meantime, please continue to use Chicago 17th.

If you would like to use the 18th edition, a summary of changes can be reviewed here or in the full guide here.

Introduction to Chicago 17th notes & bibliography

This guide provides guidance and examples for the Chicago 17th Notes & Bibliography style using footnotes.

  • This means each footnote at the bottom of your page will correspond to a raised number in your text.
  • Details of your sources are provided in the footnotes, and these details are supplemented by a bibliography at the end of the document. 
  • See the box below for common examples and use the left hand menu to navigate to specific source types.

Important icon You should check your unit guide or consult with unit convenors for the style required by your unit. 

Frequently used source examples

Footnote:

9. Kriston Rennie, "The normative character of monastic exemption in the early medieval Latin west," Medieval Worlds 6 (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 (2017): 61-77. https://doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no6_2017s61.

Footnote:

1. Alastair Blanshard, Hercules: A Heroic Life (London: Granta, 2006), 151.

Bibliography:

Blanshard, Alastair. Hercules: A Heroic Life. London: 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 (Ithaca, NY: 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. Ithaca, NY: 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.