The Chicago Author-Date referencing style has two basic systems of documentation. There is the humanities style (which can also be known as the footnote and endnote or the notes and bibliography style), as well as the au- thor-date style. This guide follows the author-date system of referencing. This involves citations within the text cor- responding to a full bibliographic entry in the reference list at the end of the document. The in-text citations include the author’s last name, followed by the date of publication in parentheses. The bibliographic entry in the reference list includes all the other necessary publication information.
When using EndNote, it is recommended that the style system to use is Chicago Curtin 2007.
Note: this page is only an introduction to the Chicago Author-Date referencing system. Curtin University Library provides a modified version of the author-date system presented in:
The Chicago manual of style. 2003. 15th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
How to cite references: Chicago style. 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/find/citation/chicago.html
It is very important that you check your department or school 's assignment guide as some details, eg. punctuation, may vary from the guidelines on this page. You may be penalised for not conforming to your school 's requirements.
The information and examples contained on this page are chiefly derived from the above sources.
What is Referencing?
Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have used in your assignment in a way that uniquely identifies their source. Direct quotations, facts and figures, as well as ideas and theories, from both published and unpublished works must be referenced.
There are many acceptable forms of referencing. This information sheet provides a brief guide to the Chicago Author-Date referencing style. Within the text of the assignment the
Citations: Books | In-Text Example | Reference List Example | EndNote X (which reference type?) | Single author | ‘The theory was first propounded in 1982’ (Horwood 1982, 65)OR‘Horwood (1982, 65) claimed that…’ | Horwood, J Editor | (Kastenbaum 1993, 91-2) | Kastenbaum, R., ed. 1993. Adult development. Phoe- nix: Oryx Press. | Edited Book | Different Editions | Neil Renton (2004, 75) suggests that… | Renton, N Print Journals | In-Text Example | Reference List Example | EndNote X (which reference type?) | Article | As mentioned by Wharton (1996, 8) | Wharton, N Secondary Sources | In-Text Example | Reference List Example | EndNote X (which reference type?) | Book | (Lewis and Carini 1984)Cite the source the quotation is from. | Lewis, E 7of 11 Journal Article | (Ebell 2006) | Patton, K 9 of 11 Government Report | (Resource Assessment Commission 1991) | Australia 10 of 11 Television and radioprogrammes | (What are we going to do with the money? 1997) | What are we going to do with the money? 1997