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The Chicago Manual of Style Notes / Bibliography system is the preferred style for this course. It is used by many scholars in history, arts, and humanities. For other citation styles, see our full Citing Sources guide.
This style consists of two parts:
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For more detailed information see Chicago Manual of Style, 14.19.
A note consist of two parts:
1. Julia Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991), 17.
2. Sanjay Sharma, "Black Twitter? Racial Hashtags, Networks and Contagion," New Formations: A Journal of Culture/Theory/Politics 78 (2013): 51, https://doi.org/10.3898/NEWF.78.02.2013.
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For more detailed information see Chicago Manual of Style, 14.29-14.36
1. Julia Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991), 17.
2. Sanjay Sharma, "Black Twitter? Racial Hashtags, Networks and Contagion," New Formations: A Journal of Culture/Theory/Politics 78 (2013): 51. https://doi.org/10.3898/NEWF.78.02.2013.
3. Alvarez, García Girls, 20-21.
4. Sharma, "Black Twitter?," 57-58.
1. Julia Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991), 17.
2. Alvarez, 20-21.
For more detailed information see Chicago Manual of Style, 14.21; 14.61-14.99
Bibliography entries are formatted similarly to notes, with the following differences:
Compare the bibliography and note forms for this book:
Bibliography:
Alvarez, Julia. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents. Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991.
Note:
1. Julia Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991), 17.
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