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Citing Sources

Chicago Style: Notes (Footnotes or Endnotes) and Bibliography

Chicago Style is often used for art history, history, philosophy, or other papers requiring footnotes.

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American Political Science Association Style

APSA Style is used for political science writing and citations. It is based on Chicago Author/Date style with a few differences.

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Chicago Style: Author-Date

Chicago Style author-date system is often used for physical, natural, and social sciences. It uses parenthetical notes in the text of the paper, not footnotes or endnotes.

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Legal Citation

Legal sources often are cited differently in each citation style (e.g. Chicago, APA, MLA), but practicing attorneys and law journals typically follow the rules set out in The Bluebook published by the Harvard Law Review Association.

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