Information available on this page for Chicago style
This guide page will help you with your Vol State assignments that require you to use Chicago or Turabian citation and format style. The resources on this page, available both online and in print in the library, provide self-help assistance for using Chicago style to format your paper and create citations for use in your bibliography.
This page provides you with links to online resources, print books in the library, tips on using the Bedford Handbook, examples of formatting a Chicago style paper, and a link to NoodleTools, an online citation management tool.
Chicago style: online resources
These free online resources (websites) are good resources for learning more about Chicago style and will answer your basic questions.
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineOfficial online guide to Chicago Style.
- Chicago Manual of Style (from Purdue OWL)Purdue OWL offers guidance in using the Notes-Bibliography System (NB) for documentation according to Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. Sample papers are available to help with formatting questions.
Chicago style: library resources
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 Call Number: Z253.U69 2017ISBN: 9780226287058Publication Date: 2017-09-05Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred years The Chicago Manual of Style has remained the definitive guide for anyone who works with words.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2020ISBN: 9780226713892Publication Date: 2020-10-21This new edition filters decades of expertise into modern standards. While previous editions incorporated digital forms of research and writing, this edition goes even further to build information literacy, recognizing that most students will be doing their work largely or entirely online and on screens.
Bedford Handbook: Chicago style
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.
Examples of papers in Chicago style
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.
- Chicago Manual of Style (from Purdue OWL)Purdue OWL offers guidance in using the Notes-Bibliography System (NB) for documentation according to Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. Sample papers are available to help with formatting questions.
Chicago style with NoodleTools
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.
- NoodleTools (login)
Web-based citation management tool for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles. Register to create an account; it is free for Vol State students.
Use the NoodleTools Research Guide for easy to follow instructions. Go to libguides.volstate.edu/noodletools
Need help? Questions?
The purpose of this guide is to provide information about Vol State resources and free online resources available to help students with the basics of using Chicago style for their research papers and essays.