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Chicago Style Citation Generator

Create Chicago-style bibliography entries and footnotes (17th edition, notes and bibliography). Paste a link, DOI or ISBN, then copy the citation or your whole bibliography.

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Chicago 17th edition (notes and bibliography)

Paste a link, DOI or ISBN, or fill in the details, and your citation appears here.

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Add citations to build your list. It's sorted for you alphabetically, and kept in this browser.

Always check citations against your instructor's requirements. Titles are kept as you type them.

Chicago notes and bibliography

Cite each source in a footnote where you use it, and list every source in a bibliography at the end. The first footnote gives the full details; later footnotes use a short form with the author's last name and a shortened title.

Bibliography format

Last, First. Title of Book. Place: Publisher, Year. For articles: Last, First. "Article Title." Journal Name volume, no. issue (Year): pages. Sort entries alphabetically by last name, with a hanging indent.

Footnote format

First Last, Title of Book (Place: Publisher, Year), page. Notes use the author's name in normal order and commas instead of periods between parts.

Chicago citation examples

Journal article

Grady, Jessica Stoltzfus, Malina Her, and Geena Moreno. "Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States." Psychology of Popular Media Culture 8, no. 3 (2019): 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185.

In text: Grady, Her, and Moreno, "Emotions in storybooks".

Book

Jackson, Lynne M. The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2019.

In text: Jackson, The psychology of prejudice.

Web page

Bologna, Caroline. "Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies." HuffPost. October 31, 2019. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e.

In text: Bologna, "Why some people with".

Chicago Citation Generator FAQs

What's the difference between Chicago and Turabian?

Turabian is a version of Chicago style written for students. It follows the same rules for footnotes and bibliographies, with simpler guidance on formatting papers, so this generator works for Turabian too.

Is this citation generator free?

Yes. It's free, with no sign-up, no ads and no limit on how many citations you make. Your reference list is kept in your browser so you can come back to it.

Can it fill in the details for me?

Yes. Paste a website link, a DOI (for journal articles) or an ISBN (for books), and it looks up the title, authors, date and publication details. You can edit anything before copying.

Does Chicago style use footnotes or in-text citations?

Chicago has two systems. This generator uses notes and bibliography (footnotes), the most common in history and the humanities. The author-date system, used in the sciences, puts (Author Year) in the text instead.

Are generated citations always right?

The format follows each style's official rules, but a citation is only as good as its details. Auto-filled details sometimes miss an author or date, so check them against the source, and check your instructor's requirements.

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