Chicago Style
Definition
Chicago Style is a citation style widely used in history, literature, and some social sciences. It offers two different documentation systems - notes-bibliography system (footnotes or endnotes) and author-date system (in-text citations).
Analogy
Imagine Chicago Style as having two different routes to reach your destination. You can either take footnotes or endnotes route with lots of stops along the way, or you can choose an efficient author-date route with fewer stops but more direct connections to your sources.
Related terms
Footnote: A note placed at the bottom of a page that provides additional information or citations.
Endnote: A note placed at the end of a document that provides additional information or citations.
Bibliography: A list of all sources consulted during research, including both cited and uncited works.
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