This guide provides guidelines and examples for Chicago's Notes and Bibliography style.
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Bibliography: Contains details on ALL the sources cited in a text or essay, and supports your research and/or premise.
Citation: The details about one source you are citing.
Citing: The process of acknowledging the sources of your information and ideas.
Footnotes: Notes placed at the end of the page in your paper to cite sources found on that page.
Paraphrasing: Taking information that you have read and putting it into your own words.
Plagiarism: Taking the ideas or words of another person and using them as your own.
Quoting: Copying words of text originally published elsewhere.
Shortened Footnote: A subsequent footnote that includes enough information for readers to find the full citation in your bibliography or in an earlier footnote.