Chicago Style

Setting Up the Chicago Endnotes and Footnotes

1. In the list of endnotes, place each number on the line (not as a superscript), followed by a period and one space. For footnotes, word processing software will often automatically make the number a superscript number—just be consistent with whatever format you use.
   
   
2. Indent the first line of each entry three or five spaces. Single-space within a note and double-space between notes, unless your instructor prefers double-spacing throughout.
   
   
3. Use the author's full name, not inverted, followed by a comma and the title of the work. Italicize titles of books and periodicals (or underline—but be consistent), and put quotation marks around article titles.
   
   
4. Capitalize all words in the titles of books, periodicals, and articles except a, an, the, coordinating conjunctions, to in an infinitive, and prepositions. Capitalize any word that begins or ends a title or subtitle.
   
   
5. Follow a book title with publishing information in parentheses followed by a comma and the page number(s), with no "p." or "pp." Follow an article title with the journal or newspaper name and pertinent publication information (volume, issue, date, page numbers). Do not abbreviate months.
   
   
6. Separate major parts of the citation with commas, not periods.
   
   
7. For online sources, provide the URL after "available from," and end with the date on which you accessed the source.

Two Basic Features of Chicago Endnotes and Footnotes Style

1. Place a superscript numeral at the end of the quotation or the sentence in which you mention source material; place the number after all punctuation marks except a dash.
   
   
2. List all endnotes—sinle-spaced, but double-spaced between notes, unless your instructor prefers double-spaced throughout—on a separate numbered page at the end of the paper, and number the notes sequentially, as they appear in your paper. Your word processing program will automatically place footnotes at the bottom of each page (Insert/Footnote). See 55e, page 884, for examples. Also see 10c.