Chicago Style Documentation

The title page is a separate page that starts your assignment

• Place the title of the paper a third of the way down the page, usually centered (see Turabian, A.1.5).

• If the paper has both a main title and a subtitle, put the main title on a single line, followed by a colon, and begin the subtitle on a new line with an intervening line space.

• Several lines below it, place your name along with any information requested by your instructor, such as the course title (including its department and number) and the date.

• Figure A.1 in Turabian shows a sample title page for a class paper. For most such papers, this is the only front matter needed.*

• the main body begins on a separate page following the title page.

• include 1 inch margins on all sides of your work.

• number all pages starting on the FIRST page of writing.  This page will be numbered page #2.  DO NOT number your title page but include it in your page number count. Numbers should appear in the top right hand corner of the page.

Notes and Bibliography

• Sources are cited using numbered footnotes or endnotes, which corresponds to a raised (floating) number in your writing.

• All sources cited in the text must also be listed in a separate bibliography.

Author-Date

• Sources are cited, using brackets with the author's last name and the year of publication, in the body of the text.

• All sources cited must be listed in a separate bibliography.

Both styles provide the reader with the same details and information about the sources you've cited and are easy to use, however the Notes and Bibliography style can easily accommodate unusual sources that may be more difficult to cite using the Author-Date style.