Style Guides: Chicago Style 17th Edition
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018ISBN: 9780226494425Publication Date: 2018
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Chicago Manual of Style OnlineElectronic version of one of the most used style guides for writing in American English. Provides rules and suggestions for bibliographies and other forms of documentation such as parenthetical references, footnotes, and endnotes. Includes instructions on how to cite electronic and online sources. Also contains a chapter on grammar and usage (punctuation, spelling, etc.).
Refworks
RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies. Note: If you are asked for a Group Code when using Write-n-Cite, ask us. The code can be sent only to Georgetown email addresses.
Citing Census Data
From the Census Bureau FAQ
When creating Dynamically generated tables, maps, and files from data.census.gov always include:
- U.S. Census Bureau as the author
- Name of the database or other data repository/source (e.g., data.census.gov), set off by quotation marks, or follow publication citation style;
- The name of the person who generates the tabulation, etc., e.g., "generated by John Smith;"
- The name of the software package used to generate the tabulation, if known, e.g., "using data.census.gov;"
- The URL of the application software's main or first page set off by angle brackets, e.g., <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/>;
- The date, within parenthesis, when the user generated the tabulation, e.g., (8 April 2020).
Examples:
U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table B01003; generated by John Smith; using data.census.gov; <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/> (8 April 2020).
U.S. Census Bureau; Economic Annual Surveys, Table CB1700CBP; generated by Jane Jones; using data.census.gov; <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/> (1 April 2020).
Citing Social Explorer
When using Social Explorer to generate maps or data tables use the following format examples:
Map Format
Title of map, dates. Social Explorer, permalink URL (based on data from <identify data source>; date accessed).
Format Example:
Population Density, 1960. Social Explorer, (based on data from U.S. Census Bureau; accessed Jul 27 17:16:03 EST 2010).
Report Format
Data source. Title of table, dates. Prepared by Social Explorer. permalink URL (date accessed).
Format Example:
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Density, 1960. Prepared by Social Explorer. (accessed Jul 27 13:58:03 EST 2010).
All examples are from Social Explorer's "How do I cite information on Social Explorer" FAQ
Citing Maps
From Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition - 14.237 Citing Maps
Examples
1. Samuel de Champlain, cartographer, Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse, 1612, 43 × 76 cm, in The History of Cartography, vol. 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007), fig. 51.3.
2. Satellite view of Chicago, Google Earth, accessed April 2, 2016, https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7682665,-87.723154
For more guidance on citing maps, including how to cite GIS produced maps, see NC State Library's Citing Maps Guide
Specific Examples
Common Citation Examples:
In-Direct Sources:
Because authors are generally expected to be intimately familiar with the sources they are citing, Chicago discourages the use of a source that was cited within another (secondary) source. In the case that an original source is utterly unavailable, however, Chicago recommends the use of "quoted in" for the note:
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7. Ian Hacking, The Social Construction of What? (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999), 103, quoted in Manuel DeLanda, A New Philosophy of Society (New York: Continuum, 2006), 2.
IBIS World Reports:
N: 1 Nick Petrillo, “IBISWorld Industry Report 31212CA: Breweries in United States – May 2015,” 18-21, accessed July 12, 2015, IBISWorld.
B: Petrillo, Nick. “IBISWorld Industry Report 31212CA: Breweries in United States – May 2015.” Accessed October 14, 2015. IBISWorld.
Mintel Reports:
N: 1 Bryant Harland, “Mobile Apps – US – October 2014.” Mintel. Accessed October 17, 2015, Mintel.
B: Harland, Bryant. “Mobile Apps – US – October 2014.” Mintel. Accessed October 17, 2015, Mintel.
Simmons OneView Survey Data:
N: 1 Experian Simmons, “Fall 2012 National Household Consumer Survey Adult Study 6 Month.” Accessed October 14, 2015. Simmons OneView.
B: Experian Simmons, “Fall 2012 National Household Consumer Survey Adult Study 6 Month.” Accessed October 14, 2015. Simmons OneView.
Personal Communications:
N: 1 Constance Conlon, e-mail message to author, April 17, 2016.
B: References to conversations (whether face-to-face or by telephone) or to letters, e-mail or text messages, and the like received by the author are usually run in to the text or given in a note. They are rarely listed in a bibliography.
