Chicago style

Chicago Style is a set of guidelines used for writing and citing sources in academic and professional work. It provides rules for formatting manuscripts, footnotes, and bibliographies, ensuring clarity and consistency. Commonly used in history and humanities, Chicago Style offers two documentation systems: notes and bibliography (footnotes or endnotes with a bibliography) and author-date (brief in-text citations with a reference list). Its purpose is to give credit to original authors, help readers locate sources, and maintain a professional, organized presentation of research.