Chicago Manual of Style Samples
Endnotes or Footnotes Format using Chicago Manual of Style:
BOOK:
1
Author’s First Name Author’s Last name, Title in Italics or Underlined (Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Copyright), page number that you are citing.
1
Wendy Doniger, Splitting the Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999),
65.
2
Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Mineola, NY:
Dover Publications, 1995), 65.
TEXTBOOK:
3
Author’s First Name Author’s Last name, Title in Italics or Underlined, volume (Place
of Publication: Publisher, Year of Copyright), page number that you are citing.
3
Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty!: An American History, vol. 2, Second Seagull Edition
(New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009), 652.
WEBSITE:
4
Name of the organization that owns the site, “The title of the Webpage,” the website (the
access date), page or chapter number if available.
4
The University of Virginia Libraries, “Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration 15071814,” http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/about.html (September 30, 2009).
5
Berkeley Digital Library Sunsite “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,”
http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/ (September 30, 2009November 17, 2009), Chapter 5.
MAGAZINE:
6
First Name Last Name of Author, “Title of the Article,” Title of the Magazine
Underlined or Italicized, Date of the Publication, page number that you are citing.
6
Steve Martin, “Sports-Interview Shocker,” New Yorker, May 6, 2002, 84.
NEWSPAPERS:
7
First Name Last Name of Author, “Title of Article,” Name of Newspaper Underlined or
Italicized, Date of Publication, Name of section of newspaper, Location of edition used.
7
William S. Niederkorn, “A Scholar Recants on His „Shakespeare. Discovery,” New
York Times, June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.
MOVIES
8
Title of movie in italics or underlined, prod. and dir. Name of producer/director, length it
runs, movie studio, year released, media format.
8
The Patriot, prod. and dir. Roland Emmerich, 175 minutes, Columbia Pictures
Corporation, 2000, DVD.
DIRECTIONS:
To insert a footnote or endnote, go to “References,” then “Insert Endnote.” It will automatically
insert the subscripted number for you at the end of your last page. Indent that number five
spaces then begin your footnote. If you want to change the Roman numeral to an Arabic
Number, click on the corner of the “Reference” tab, next to “Footnotes.” When the pop-up
window pops up, click on “Number Format” and change the Roman Numerals to Arabic
Numerals. If you would like to use footnotes instead of endnotes, click on the “Reference” tab.
Then, click on the corner of section of the “Reference” tab next to “Footnotes.” When the
window pops up, click next to “Footnotes” so that the bullet is marked. Then, click “Insert.”
This will automatically insert the superscripted number at the bottom of your page. Be sure to
indent the number five spaces before you begin entering in your information. Your footnotes or
endnotes should be single-spaced, but double spaced between entries.
TIPS:
Place footnote or endnote numbers at the end of sentences.
Some paragraphs call for more than one note. Do they go at the end of the paragraph or for each
sentence? Either way- just be consistent.
Bibliography Format using Chicago Manual of Style:
BOOK:
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title in Italics or Underlined Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Copyright.
Doniger, Wendy. Splitting the Difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Douglass, Frederick. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Mineola, NY:
Dover Publications, 1995.
TEXTBOOK:
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title in Italics or Underlined, Vol. #. Name of
Edition, Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Copyright.
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty!: An American History. Vol. 2. Second Seagull Edition, New
York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
WEBSITE:
Name of the organization that owns the site. “The title of the Webpage.” The host of the site.
The website address (the access date).
Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. “Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000–
2010: A Decade of Outreach.” Evanston Public Library.
http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).
MAGAZINE:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Magazine
Underlined or Italicized. Date of the Publication.
Martin, Steve. “Sports-Interview Shocker.” New Yorker, May 6, 2002.
NEWSPAPERS:
Last Name of Author, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper Underlined or
Italicized, Date of Publication, Name of section of newspaper, Location of edition used.
Niederkorn, William S. “A Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery.” New York Times,
June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.
MOVIES
The title of the movie underlined or italicized. Type of Media. Produced and Directed by First
Name Last Name. Location of Production Company: Production Company, Year first
released.
The Patriot. DVD. Produced and the Directed by Roland Emmerich. Culver City, CA:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, 2000.
DIRECTIONS:
Complete a “Works Cited” page for work that you have cited within your paper. If you include
more than those works cited, complete a Bibliography. Bibliographies should be single-spaced
within entries, and double-spaced between entries. The first line should NOT be indented, but
the second line (and additional lines) of each entry should be. (This is the opposite of endnotes
or footnotes). Also, the author’s last name is listed before the author’s first name (again,
opposite of endnotes or footnotes). Be sure you underline or italicize the titles. Choose ONE
and be consistent.
MORE INFORMATION:
The website http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
contains examples of various sources for which you might need a footnote or endnote. “N” is the
style for your endnotes or footnotes. “B” is the style for a bibliography or works cited page. Be
sure you pay attention to proper punctuations.