

This system is able to accommodate a wider variety of sources than can the author-date system. Additionally, sources are listed in a separate bibliography. Each note corresponds to a superscript number within the text.

This system is used primarily by those writing in the humanities (literature, history, classics etc.) Sources are cited in numbered footnotes or endnotes. The Chicago Manual of Style has two basic systems for documentation of sources: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. Copies of the full manual are available at the Vanier and Webster Libraries' Reference Desks and Reference Collections, as well as online. It is based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style published in 2017. This guide provides some basic examples of the Chicago citation style.
