ReferencingChicago guideGenerator

Free referencing tool · Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition

Chicago website reference generator

Create footnotes and a bibliography entry, or an author-date reference and in-text citation. No registration needed.

Notes and bibliography or author-date
Enter your source details

Use the details on your source. * marks essential fields. Leave optional details blank when they are not available.

Author

Use the name as published.

Keep particles and compound surnames together, as indexed by the source.

More than one author

Use only when credited as the author.

Source details

For English titles, capitalise the principal words. Preserve proper names and acronyms.

Leave blank if no publication or revision date is given.

Use a number from 1 (January) to 12 (December).

Include only if your source gives the full date. Chicago journal author-date entries use the year alone.

Pages and citation details

For a particular passage, for example 108 or 108–110. Leave blank when citing the whole source or a source without page numbers.

Keep enough words to identify this source. Used for shortened notes, title-led citations or the same-author option below.

Online access

Paste the full web address, beginning with https:// or http://.

Required for an undated web page; otherwise normally omitted.

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