If the author name is not available, editor name, title or any keyword is used which may be helpful for the reader to search for the source.įollowing points should be observed when writing in The Chicago Manual of Style: The author names are inverted and list is arranged in alphabetic order by author's last name. A key point to remember is that author names are not inverted in the endnotes.īibliography is presented at a separate page before the index page (if any) and after the 'Notes' page, and contains a list of the all the sources cited. If the same source is cited again, only the last name of the author, a shortened title and page number is presented. If the same source is cited twice, all the relevant information about the source including author's full name, source title, and facts of publication are included. A footnote is added at the end of the page where the source is cited and endnotes are compiled at separate page in the end. While using NB System, whenever a source is cited through a direct quote or through a paraphrase or summary, a superscript number is placed at the end of the sentence and a corresponding footnote or endnote is included. Given below is a brief introduction to notes and bibliography. Furthermore, if the author or editor name is not available in most of the sources cited, NB System is preferred to Author-Date System. NB System is preferred for writing papers on literature, history, and the arts while Author-Date System is chosen when writing about social/sciences. Also considered to be the de facto guide for American English style, grammar, and punctuation, CMS offers two different documentation styles to choose from: Notes-Bibliography (NB) System and Author-Date System. The Chicago manual of style (CMS)offers the author so much of control and ease that it is lovingly called the 'Editors' Bible'.

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