The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) and Chicago-Turabian is a means to present your content and give credit to sources. Unlike APA and MLA, CMOS is widely used outside of academia in various professions. Within academia, CMOS is typically used in the humanities and social sciences.

There are two methods within CMOS: Notes Bibliography (NB) and Author-Date.

• NB (sometimes also referred to as Notes) is the basic method, recognizable by the superscript, which is a small number raised at end of sentence within your text that refers to a corresponding number at the bottom of the page (footnote) or end of paper (endnote) listing the source.
• Author-Date, like it sounds, lists the author and date in parentheses akin to MLA or APA citation styles.

This guide will give you a general introduction on how to format your paper and provide more detailed examples to refer back to for your assignments.

Your instructors may have slight variations in their requirements and will indicate whether to use the NB or Author-Date method. Please refer to your course syllabus, contact your instructor, or ask your reference librarians if you have any questions.