Chicago 17th (B) Author-Date is a citing and referencing style drawn from the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. You can access an online copy of the manual through the Monash Library. You will be required to sign in.
You can also refer to the Chicago 17th (A) Notes and Bibliography system for general advice on syntax, capitalisation, and punctuation.The key difference between the two systems is the positioning of the publication year. Author-Date reference list entries always begin with the author and the date of the resource.
This guide is designed to help you:
Apply the correct Chicago 17th format to different types of resources
Check your work against examples
Our interactive online tutorials can help you understand the basics of citing and referencing, and why citing and referencing is important.
Elements of citing and referencing in Chicago 17th (B) Author-Date Style
There are two places you need to write references in your assessments.