Chicago Citation Generator
Generate Chicago style citations free — footnotes, endnotes and bibliography entries in Chicago 17th edition.
Chicago Style: Notes-Bibliography vs Author-Date
Chicago style has two systems — Notes-Bibliography and Author-Date — each with unique formatting rules. Switching between footnotes, endnotes, and bibliography entries is complex.
How to Auto-Generate Chicago Citations
Our generator supports both Chicago styles. Enter your source and select your format — we create footnotes, endnotes, and bibliography entries automatically.
How it works
- Choose Notes-Bibliography or Author-Date format
- Paste your source URL, ISBN, or DOI
- The generator creates properly formatted entries
- Footnotes and bibliography entries are added to your paper
- Export with all citations properly formatted
Chicago has two systems — check which one you need
This trips up more students than any formatting rule. Chicago supports two distinct citation systems, and using the wrong one is an immediate deduction.
| Notes and bibliography | Author-date | |
|---|---|---|
| Used by | History, literature, arts | Sciences, social sciences |
| In text | Superscript number¹ leading to a footnote | (Chen 2024, 214) |
| Source list | Bibliography | References |
| Year position | Late in the entry | Directly after the author |
If your handbook just says "Chicago", it almost always means notes and bibliography.
Note and bibliography patterns
The first full note and the bibliography entry differ in punctuation and name order — a detail generators get wrong surprisingly often.
| Type | Format |
|---|---|
| First note, book | 1. First Last, Title (City: Publisher, Year), 214. |
| Shortened note | 2. Last, Short Title, 216. |
| Bibliography, book | Last, First. Title. City: Publisher, Year. |
| First note, article | 3. First Last, "Article Title," Journal 00, no. 0 (Year): 214. |
| Bibliography, article | Last, First. "Article Title." Journal 00, no. 0 (Year): 210–225. |
Note the pattern: notes use commas and parentheses with first-name-first; bibliography entries use full stops and surname-first.
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