Paper Citations

1. Include Chicago Manual of Writing Style FOOTNOTES or ENDNOTES

References throughout your paper should be in the form of footnotes or endnotes. The idea is that as you present the evidence to support your argument, you include a reference note with information about your source, including page numbers. Historians use Chicago Style for both notations, either at the foot of the page or at the end of your paper, and bibliographies.

The note numbers are sequential--and each note has a new number, and these numbers are superscripted in your text. Really, its not that complicted--just make sure you include reference notes for significant points, and use the following webpage as a guide for form:

Chicago Style Online/ http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

(the quick guide should be all you need, and it is free at this site)

They have both NOTE--which has an "N" by it, and BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORM--which has a "B" by it. For Example:

Book/ One author
(Note) N:

1. Wendy Doniger, Splitting the Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), 65.

(Bibliographic Form) B:

Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

As you can see, the NOTE and BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORM are different.

2. Include bibliography--again, use Chicago Style and the above format. Too, put your bibliography--the books and articles used, in alphabetical order by author. Just follow the format on this page and you will be fine.

(Bibliographic Form) B:

Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

3. If you have difficulties writing, see your T.A. or myself early or make use of the Campus Writing Center.