There are two versions of the Chicago Reference Style.  If you have been advised to use Chicago check with your School to confirm which version you should use.

• Notes and Bibliography OR
• Author-Date

Notes and Bibliography is most often used in the humanities (including literature, history and art), while the Author-Date system is often used by the physical, natural, and social sciences.

Notes and Bibliography:

With this version citations are added to footnotes or endnotes, and a superscript number in the text refers to a numbered footnote.  As the full details of a source are given in the bibliography at the end, a short form of the source is given in the footnote.

Footnote citation:

Note number. Surname, Shortened title, page.

e.g.

1. Klein, Interdisciplining, 91.

Bibliography entry:

Surname, First Name. Full title. Place: Publisher, Year.

e.g.

Klein, Julie T. Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015.

Ordering the bibliography:

In Chicago Style the bibliography is organised alphabetically by the surnames of the authors.

Please note that the order of elements given in the bibliography is different for the two versions of the Chicago style. Ensure you follow the correct format for the version you are using.  The main variant is where the date of publication appears:

• Notes and Bibliography, date of publication appears at the end of the reference, after the place and publisher.
• Author-Date - date of publication appears after the details of the authors/editors.