Chicago (Author-Date)
Chicago Author-Date Citation Guide for Canadian Students
Chicago Author-Date uses (Author Year, page) in text and an alphabetical reference list with hanging indents. The system is common in Canadian history, religious studies, and some social sciences. Chicago Notes-Bibliography is the alternative when footnotes are required.
Canadian history and humanities professors split between Chicago Author-Date and Chicago Notes-Bibliography. Confirm with the syllabus before drafting - the two systems are incompatible in the same paper.
In-text
(Berton 2001, 142) ... Berton (2001, 142) argued ...
Reference list
Berton, Pierre. 2001. The Last Spike: The Great Railway 1881-1885. Toronto: Anchor Canada.
Quick rules
- 1.Author-Date uses parenthetical citations and a reference list - no footnotes.
- 2.Notes-Bibliography uses superscript notes and a bibliography - no in-text parentheses.
- 3.Reference list: alphabetical, hanging indent, full first names.
- 4.Canadian publishers and places of publication included (e.g., Toronto, Vancouver).
FAQ
Author-Date or Notes-Bibliography?
Check the syllabus. History and theology often want Notes-Bibliography; social sciences want Author-Date.