Bibliographies and citations
Scholarly works require documentation of source material in a bibliography. Other works also occasionally require that you cite source material or direct the user to a publication for further information. If you need to provide a bibliography or provide a formal citation, follow the examples listed here.
Citing books and printed articles
To cite books and printed articles, follow The Chicago Manual of Style “Documentation I” format. Exception: Follow the United States Postal Service abbreviations for states.
Bibliographies are usually formatted with a hanging indent. If a design template does not support hanging indents, separate each entry with a line of white space.
Only basic bibliographic entries are listed here. For ...
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