Citing a source from which you have quoted seems pretty straightforward, but most use of research material involves paraphrasing--putting the other author's text into your own words. Doing this legitimately involves genuine mental effort, first to make sure you really understand what was said and then to accurately represent that meaning without using the words of the original author (with the exception of technical terms). The links below suggest some of the most effective way to make sure you are fulfilling that obligation.

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• OWL @ Purdue: Chicago Formatting and Style Guide
• EasyBib Chicago Quick Guide
• • FOOTNOTES in Chicago -- EasyBib Quick Guide

• Turabian Quick Guide - Overview of basic examples from Univ. of Chicago Press website for Turabian 8th edition. Turabian is essentially the same as Chicago, with minor modifications to meet student writing needs.
• Chicago Format Citation Guide from UWF -- A well organized guide with explanations and examples.

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 There are 2 styles to choose from when using Chicago -- you need to ask your professor which style they would like you to use. The main differences between the styles are where the references are placed, where the dates are placed, and how the titles are capitalized.

1. Notes/Bibliography - Humanities: numbered footnotes or endnotes at the bottom of each page, with Bibliography or Works Cited list at the end of the paper, listing alphabetically the sources in your notes. Your professor may not require that you include a separate Works Cited list if all of the information is included in your footnotes -- but you may be asked to provide a bibliography of all sources consulted.

2. Reference List/Parenthetical (in-text citations) - Author/Date: in your text, brief references are listed consisting of the author's last name, publication year, and page(s) referred to, with an alphabetized Reference List at the end of your paper.  The reference list at the end of your paper provides complete entries for works cited in parenthetical references.

Footnotes in Chicago take a bit of practice, but are relatively easy.  Below are examples of how to cite maps in your notes and the bibliography.

ONLINE MAP CITING

Footnote Formating

Note #. Author First Name Last Name/Corporate Author. Map Title. (City: Publisher [often the same as the corporate author], Year published). Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

1. War Map Publishing Company. Strategic Map of Our War with Spain. (Trenton, NJ: War Map Publishing Company, 1898). Accessed January 14, 2014. http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701s.ct000302/.

Bibliography Formating

Author Last Name, First Name/Corporate Author. Map Title. City: Publisher [often the same as the corporate author], Year published. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Example:

War Map Publishing Company. Strategic Map of Our War with Spain. Trenton, NJ: War Map Publishing Company, 1898. Accessed January 14, 2014. http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701s.ct000302/.

PAPER MAP CITING

Footnote Formating

Note #. Author First Name Last Name/Corporate Author. Map Title. (City: Publisher [often the same as the corporate author], Year published).

Example:

2. Central Intelligence Agency. United States Foreign Service Posts and Department of State Jurisdictions, May 2003. (Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2003).

Bibliography Formating

Author Last Name, First Name/Corporate Author. Map Title. City: Publisher [often the same as the corporate author], Year published.

Example:

Central Intelligence Agency. United States Foreign Service Posts and Department of State Jurisdictions, May 2003. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2003.

MAP FROM AN ATLAS OR BOOK

Footnote Formating

Note #. Author First Name Last Name/Corporate Author. Atlas or Book Title. (City: Publisher [often the same as the corporate author], Year published): page(s), map title/map number/map note.

Example:

3. Amanda Lomazoff and Aaron Ralby. The Atlas of Military History: An Around-The-World Survey of Warfare Through the Ages. (San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2012): 277, Map of Vietnam showing the Demilitarized Zone.

Bibliography Formating

Author Last Name, First Name/Corporate Author. Atlas or Book Title. City: Publisher [often the same as the corporate author], Year published: page(s), map number/map title/map note.

Example:

Lomazoff, Amanda and Aaron Ralby. The Atlas of Military History: An Around-The-World Survey of Warfare Through the Ages. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2012: 277, Map of Vietnam showing the Demilitarized Zone.

Zotero is a free citation management tool that can automatically import citations into your personal account, organize sources into folders, and generate bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. It also includes a word processor plugin for formatting footnotes and parenthetical citations.

UR Libraries subscribe to Zotero unlimited storage for personal and group cloud storage. Users can create as many research groups as they like, with as many members as they need. Sign-up with your @richmond.edu email to use this storage. 

• Zoterobib is a quick cite tool for citing individual items or creating bibliographies on the fly.
• Zotero web version offers the majority of the features of the download version and syncs with your Zotero library if you have downloaded Zotero. From the Zotero image below, click on Web Library
• Zotero downloaded to your personal computer offers the full citation management features and syncs with your Zotero web version.From the Zotero image below, click on download.

Zotero - Quick Start