These free online resources (websites) are good resources for learning more about Chicago style and will answer your basic questions.
The Bedford Handbook has a chapter on Chicago style. In the 9th edition go to Chapter 63 "Writing Chicago papers" to learn about both creating the paper and citations. The chapter varies by the edition of the handbook. Use the index or table of contents to find the information in your book.
There are two key resources for using Chicago style and both are available in print at your campus library.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by 
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by The Bedford Handbook, 9th edition, has sample pages from a Chicago research paper on pages 783-788 to help you with formatting.
Examples of Chicago style papers are also available online with the following links.
Select Chicago style for your project in NoodleTools for a properly formatted bibliography and footnote. Annotations and an annotated bibliography can be created with NoodleTools.
NoodleTools only provides help with citations, not the paper itself.
