Chicago citation generator

Q: What does a Chicago reference look like?

For example: Kucsko, G., P. C. Maurer, N. Y. Yao, et al. 2013. “Nanometre-Scale Thermometry in a Living Cell.” Nature 500 (7460): 54–58. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12373. In the text: (Kucsko et al. 2013).

Q: Which subjects use Chicago?

Chicago (18th edition, author-date) is used in history, business, sciences that use author-date. Its list of sources is headed Reference List.

18th edition, author-date. Paste a DOI, PubMed ID, ISBN or title and get the Reference List entry and the in-text citation, checked against the publisher’s record. Free, with no account.

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How a reference is built in Chicago

Commonly used in: history, business, sciences that use author-date.

Journal article

Last, First, and First Last. Year. “Title of the Article.” Journal Title 00 (0): 00–00. https://doi.org/….

Book

Last, First. Year. Title of the Book. 3rd ed. Publisher.

A real example

Kucsko, G., P. C. Maurer, N. Y. Yao, et al. 2013. “Nanometre-Scale Thermometry in a Living Cell.” Nature 500 (7460): 54–58. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12373.

In-text citation

(Kucsko et al. 2013)

(Last Year, page), with no comma before the year: (Kucsko et al. 2013, 55).

Worth knowing

This is the author-date system. If your course asks for footnotes, it wants Chicago notes-bibliography instead.
The 18th edition no longer asks for the place of publication on books.
Only the first author is inverted; the rest are written first name first.