Library Workshop Series - Cite Your Sources in Chicago Style: Welcome

Welcome!

Citation styles are often confusing, and Chicago style is especially confusing due to its flexibility. This guide will teach you basic Chicago citations and references, as well as how to find support outside of this workshop.

This guide is part of our Library Workshop Series.

To access this website, please visit the following link: mclennan.libguides.com/chicago.

Description

This 50-minute workshop will help you understand the difference between Chicago and Turabian style, the citation and reference options in both, and how to find support to help you succeed outside of this workshop. 

Student Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, students will be able to:

• Define style guides and understand how Chicago and Turabian style guides are related
• Understand the difference between author-date and notes-bibliography citations
• Have an understanding of how to create basic citations and references in both styles.

Today's Schedule

Today's session is broken into several segments. During some segments, you will learn. During other segments, you will participate.

Part 1

The Basics

• Learn the definition of a style guide
• Learn about the relationship between the Chicago and Turabian Styles
• Learn three important things about Chicago/Turabian

Part 2 

The Two Citation Styles

• Author-date Method
• Notes-bibliography method 

Part 3 

• Notes (Footnotes and Endnotes):
  • Basics
  • For Different Sources
    • For Books
    • For Journals
    • For Websites (link to Google Doc)
  • Repeated Notes
• Bibliography Entries:
  • For Books
  • For Journals
  • For Websites

• Questions to Consider

Part 4 

Survey and Attendance

• Complete a survey
• Get credit for attending today