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Chicago 17 Citation Generator
Generate a correctly formatted Chicago 17 reference for a book, journal article, thesis, chapter or website. Free, no account, and the output is plain text you can paste straight into your document.
- Used in
- history, art history, theology, and the humanities
- Authority
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (2017)
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How Chicago 17 in-text citations work
¹ John A. Smith, The Theory of Everything (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), 45.
Reference list order
Entries are listed alphabetically by the first author’s surname.
Worked Chicago 17 examples
Each of these is produced by the same formatter the tool above uses, from a realistic source of that type.
Smith, John A.. The Theory of Everything. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
John A. Smith, The Theory of Everything (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), 45.
Johnson, Emily R.. "A New Approach to Quantum Cognition." Journal of Cognitive Science 45, no. 3 (2021): 127-152. https://doi.org/10.1234/jcs.2021.045.
Emily R. Johnson, "A New Approach to Quantum Cognition," Journal of Cognitive Science 45, no. 3 (2021): 45, https://doi.org/10.1234/jcs.2021.045.
Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Translated by Paul Guyer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, trans. Paul Guyer (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 45.
Yılmaz, Ayşe. "Metin Üretiminde Büyük Dil Modelleri." PhD diss., Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, 2023.
Ayşe Yılmaz, "Metin Üretiminde Büyük Dil Modelleri" (PhD diss., Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, 2023), 45.
Doe, Jane. "Heuristic." Encyclopedia of Philosophy 4 (2019): 312-318.
Jane Doe, "Heuristic," Encyclopedia of Philosophy 4 (2019): 45.
Dostoyevski, Fyodor. Suç ve Ceza. İstanbul: Can Yayınları, 2019.
Fyodor Dostoyevski, Suç ve Ceza (İstanbul: Can Yayınları, 2019), 45.
Brown, Michael. "Climate Change in 2024: A Primer." Example News. 2024. https://www.example.org/climate-2024.
Michael Brown, "Climate Change in 2024: A Primer", Example News, 2024, https://www.example.org/climate-2024.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Chicago 17 citation generator free?
Yes. There is no account, no usage cap and no watermark on the output. It runs the same formatter Quilpen uses internally.
Does it handle multiple authors correctly?
Yes. Each style truncates author lists differently — Chicago 17 has its own rule, and the formatter applies it rather than listing every name.
Can I generate a whole bibliography at once?
This page formats one source at a time. Quilpen builds and maintains the full bibliography for a manuscript, keeping in-text citations and the reference list in sync as you write.
Will the citation be accepted by my university?
The output follows the published manual. Some departments add house rules on top of the standard — check your handbook if your institution specifies variations.
Writing the whole paper, not just one citation?
Quilpen drafts from PDFs you upload and cites the exact page each claim came from — in Chicago 17 and eight other styles. It cannot invent a source, because it only quotes what you gave it.
Start freeAll nine styles compared
Which style you need is decided by your department, not by preference. This is what separates them.
| Style | In text | Reference order | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|
| APA 7 | (Smith, 2020, p. 45) | Alphabetical | psychology, education, nursing, and most social sciences |
| MLA 9 | (Smith 45) | Alphabetical | literature, languages, cultural studies, and the humanities |
| Chicago 17 | ¹ John A. Smith, The The… | Alphabetical | history, art history, theology, and the humanities |
| Turabian 9 | ¹ John A. Smith, The The… | Alphabetical | undergraduate and graduate coursework across the humanities |
| Harvard | (Smith, 2020, p. 45) | Alphabetical | economics, business, and UK/Australian universities generally |
| IEEE | [1] | Order of citation | electrical engineering, computer science, and engineering generally |
| Vancouver | (1) | Order of citation | medicine, biomedical research, and the health sciences |
| AMA 11 | ¹ | Order of citation | medicine, public health, and clinical research |
| İSNAD 2 | ¹ John A. Smith, The The… | Alphabetical | Turkish theology, Islamic studies, and social sciences in Türkiye |