Dominican University

 

Chicago Style uses either the footnote or endnote as its in-text citation.  The note should be added at the end of the sentence for a direct quotation, a summary, or a paraphrase. For a note, indent the first line, but subsequent lines are not indented. Examples of notes will follow.

 

 

   Footnote #. Author's Full Name, Name of Book (City of Publication: Publisher, year), page number.

   #. J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye.  (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991), 53.

 

 

   Footnote #. Author's Full Name, "Article Title," Name of Journal Volume, no. Issue (year): pages.

   #. Brianna Smith, “College Report: A Study of Students,” College Weekly 9, no. 3 (2001): 120-134.

 

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    #. Jane Jones, “Milk’s Good,” Dairy Goodness, America’s Dairy Farmers,

 

If no author is listed, use the sponsor as the author.

 

Setting off Long Quotes

In cases when a direct quote exceeds four lines, you need to use a block quote. In these cases, the text should be moved in one inch from the margin. The quote remains double-spaced. Note that the quote is not placed in quotation marks and that the final punctuation comes before the citation.

 

The use of the color red in the book denotes passion:

   Walter walked into the room and saw the red scarf on the bed. He grabbed it

   and envisioned Doris wearing it. Despite this vision, he had to control himself. The

   amber dawn outside mocked him at this point. The streaks of golden red flowed through

   the window, juxtaposing the dullness in the room. Now, only the light and the scarf

   mattered. (Green 112)

In making this connection between color and life, Walter shows maturation of thought, but he fails to support those thoughts with action.

 

Notice that once the block quote is complete, the paragraph continues at its original margins.

 

Using an Ellipsis and Brackets

When omitting words from the middle of a quote, use an ellipsis, … If a sentence ends before you omit anything, make sure to add a period, .…

 

Also, if you are adding words to a quote or pointing out that an error in the text is not yours, you use brackets, [ ].

 

 

The word “Bibliography” should appear in the center of the page. The entries should have reverse indentation, with the first line at the left margin and subsequent lines indented one inch. Also, the entries should be listed in alphabetical order. Entries are single-spaced with an additional space between entries.

 

 

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991.