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Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

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Chicago notes and bibliography, from the Chicago Manual of Style, is the system many in history, literature and the arts use: a numbered note for each citation and a bibliography at the end. Here is how an entry and its notes are built, and what to check before you hand it in.

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Watson and Crick's 1953 paper on the structure of DNA, as Citation Creation sets it in Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography).

Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.” Nature 171, no. 4356 (1953): 737–38. https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.
Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick.
only the first author reversed
“Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.”
the article in quotes
Nature 171, no. 4356 (1953):
volume, no., year in brackets
737–38.
pages shortened
https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.
the DOI as a link
First note, at page 737
James D. Watson and Francis H. C. Crick, “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid,” Nature 171, no. 4356 (1953): 737, https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.
Later notes, with a short title
Watson and Crick, “Molecular Structure,” 737.

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Short notes after the first

Once a source has had its full note, later notes need only the surnames, a short title and the page.

A page in every note

Each note names the page you cite, and the bibliography the article’s whole page range.

Two forms, two kinds of punctuation

Notes run on with commas and keep names in their usual order, while the bibliography puts the surname first and full stops between parts.

The rest, from citing in your text to what changed in the latest edition, is in the Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography) guide.

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