How Chicago N-B references look
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Chicago N-B citation generator
Find any article, book or chapter and copy it in Chicago Manual of Style, notes and bibliography (18th edition). Free, no sign-up.
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Journal article
Suri, Tavneet, and William Jack. “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money.” Science 354, no. 6317 (2016): 1288–92. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
Footnote: Tavneet Suri and William Jack, “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money,” Science 354, no. 6317 (2016): 1288–92, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
Book
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Heinemann, 1958.
Footnote: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Heinemann, 1958).
Web page
World Health Organization. “Malaria.” World Health Organization, December 4, 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
Footnote: World Health Organization, “Malaria,” World Health Organization, December 4, 2023, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
Chicago N-B rules at a glance
- Reference list
- Bibliography: alphabetical by first author’s surname
- In-text citations
- superscript note numbers linked to footnotes or endnotes that give the source
- 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
- Near the end: in parentheses after the issue for journals, after the publisher for books
- 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 N-B?
Chicago notes and bibliography is the standard in history and much of the humanities, where footnotes let you comment on sources as well as cite them. The style is published by the University of Chicago Press; CiteSwap follows the 18th edition (2024).
Chicago N-B citation generator: frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in Chicago N-B?
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. “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money.” Science 354, no. 6317 (2016): 1288–92. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
How do in-text citations work in Chicago N-B?
Chicago N-B uses superscript note numbers linked to footnotes or endnotes that give the source. A first footnote for the same article reads: Tavneet Suri and William Jack, “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money,” Science 354, no. 6317 (2016): 1288–92, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
What is the Chicago N-B reference list called?
Bibliography. Alphabetical by first author’s surname.
Which edition of Chicago N-B does this generator use?
Chicago Manual of Style, notes and bibliography (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 N-B?
Use “Cite manually” under the search box: enter the author or organisation, page title, website name, date and URL. A web page in Chicago N-B looks like this: World Health Organization. “Malaria.” World Health Organization, December 4, 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
Is this Chicago N-B citation generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, and your references are not stored anywhere.