How Chicago A-D references look
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Chicago A-D citation generator
Find any article, book or chapter and copy it in Chicago Manual of Style, author-date (18th edition). Free, no sign-up.
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Journal article
Suri, Tavneet, and William Jack. 2016. “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money.” Science 354 (6317): 1288–92. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
In-text: (Suri and Jack 2016)
Book
Achebe, Chinua. 1958. Things Fall Apart. Heinemann.
In-text: (Achebe 1958)
Web page
World Health Organization. 2023. “Malaria.” World Health Organization, December 4. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
In-text: (World Health Organization 2023)
Chicago A-D rules at a glance
- Reference list
- References: alphabetical by first author’s surname
- In-text citations
- author and year in parentheses with no comma, e.g. (Suri and Jack 2016, 1290)
- Author names
- First author inverted with full names, the rest in normal order, e.g. Suri, Tavneet, and William Jack
- Many authors
- List up to six authors; for seven or more, the first three followed by “et al.”
- Date
- After the authors, followed by a full stop: 2016.
- Titles
- Title case; article titles: in quotation marks, title case
- Italics
- Journal and book titles
- DOIs and links
- DOI as a link: https://doi.org/…
Who uses Chicago A-D?
Chicago author-date suits the sciences and social sciences when your department wants Chicago but with in-text citations instead of footnotes. The style is published by the University of Chicago Press; CiteSwap follows the 18th edition (2024).
Chicago A-D citation generator: frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in Chicago A-D?
Search for the article by title, author or DOI above and copy the formatted reference. For example, the Suri and Jack article in Science becomes: Suri, Tavneet, and William Jack. 2016. “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money.” Science 354 (6317): 1288–92. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
How do in-text citations work in Chicago A-D?
Chicago A-D uses author and year in parentheses with no comma, e.g. (Suri and Jack 2016, 1290). For the same article: (Suri and Jack 2016).
What is the Chicago A-D reference list called?
References. Alphabetical by first author’s surname.
Which edition of Chicago A-D does this generator use?
Chicago Manual of Style, author-date (18th edition), published by the University of Chicago Press (18th edition (2024)). CiteSwap formats references with the official Citation Style Language definition of the style.
How do I cite a website in Chicago A-D?
Use “Cite manually” under the search box: enter the author or organisation, page title, website name, date and URL. A web page in Chicago A-D looks like this: World Health Organization. 2023. “Malaria.” World Health Organization, December 4. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
Is this Chicago A-D citation generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, and your references are not stored anywhere.