chicago style essay format

• 1″ margins on all four sides
• Times New Roman; 12 pt. font
• Text should be double-spaced, with the exception of:
  • Block quotes
  • Table Titles
  • Figure Captions

• Use a 1/2” indent for paragraph beginnings, block quotes and bibliographic indents.
• Bibliographic and notation entries should be single spaced internally, but contain a space between each entry.
• Page numbers should be placed in the header of the first page of text, beginning with number 1. Continue your page numbers till the end of your bibliography.
• Longer publications should use Subheadings.
• Assemble your paper in the following order:
  • Cover/Title page
  • Body of the paper
  • Appendix (if needed)
  • Endnotes (if using endnote style)
  • Bibliography

—. Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.

Endnotes appear on their own page just before the bibliography; footnotes appear at the bottom of each page. Footnotes should be separated from the text by a short rule and be presented in the same font size as the main text, or smaller. Word’s footnote function automatically creates footnotes like this:
At the end of your paper, you’ll likely include a bibliography (for notes and bibliography style) or a reference list (for author-date).

View this sample Chicago style research paper (notes and bibliography/humanities system) from Purdue OWL for examples on how to format:
Spacing

• Cover/title page
• Body of the paper
• Appendix (if needed)
• Notes
• Bibliography

• Use full names of people and agencies/legislation the first time you use them. For agencies, include the acronym in parentheses after the full name when first used, e.g. Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
• After the first time you can refer to people by their last name or agencies/bills by their acronyms for the rest of the paper.
• Write out numbers lower than 100. (“All nine members of the Supreme Court. ”)

Chicago-style source citations come in two varieties: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. If you already know which system to use, follow one of the links above to see sample citations for a variety of common sources. If you are unsure about which system to use, read on.
For a more comprehensive look at Chicago’s two systems of source citation and many more examples, see chapters 14 and 15 of The Chicago Manual of Style.

Refences:

http://www.scribbr.com/chicago-style/format-paper/
http://camosun.ca.libguides.com/c.php?g=701993&p=4988658
http://library.menloschool.org/chicago
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
http://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/format/