Chicago Style (18th ed.) - Notes & Bibliography Format

Font

CMS does not specify a particular font. We suggest you use a readable serif font, like Times New Roman, 12 pt.

Margins, Indents

• Margins: at least 1 inch at the top, bottom, left, and right of every page.
• Paragraphs: Indent all paragraphs in the body of the paper 1/2". (Hit the Tab key once.)
• Indent notes (footnotes or endnotes) 1/2" (first line indent, like a normal paragraph).
• Use a hanging indent of 1/2" for Bibliography entries.
• Block indent long quotations 1/2".

Spacing

• Double-space the body of the paper with no extra space between paragraphs.
• Double-space block quotes.
• Single-space each note (whether using endnotes or footnotes) and bibliography, but double-space between each entry.
• Type only one space between words as well as following a period or a colon

Numbering

• Title page does not get a number, and it doesn't count in the numbering sequence
• Page 2 (the first page of your paper) onward start numbering with 1

All title page elements will be centered. Go with size 12 Times New Roman font. There is no page number on the title page!

About a third of the way down the page, write your paper title.

Go down about another third and write:

Your Name

Class Number and Name

Date

In-text citations will use footnotes, not parentheses (see formatting examples on the other pages of this guide).

Otherwise, proceed with your normal paper-writing style: indent paragraphs, organize your ideas, use good grammar, and so on.

Line Spacing

Your writing will be double-spaced.

Footnotes are single-spaced with an empty line in between.

• Center the word "Bibliography" (without quotation marks) at the top of a new page
• Continue with numbering of pages.

Each bibliographic entry will be single-spaced with a double-space in between each entry.

Use the hanging indent.

Alphabetize sources by first word/name of each.