Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition
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The Chicago Manual of Style is the industry standard for magazine articles, trade journals, and books, both fiction and nonfiction. In academia, it is almost always used for papers, theses, and dissertations in the arts and humanities (e.g., history, languages, music, art, sociology). Book publishers may change some elements of the article or manuscript to conform to house style, but having your work in “Chicago format” is always appreciated. The fewer reasons for rejecting your manuscript, the more likely and quickly it is to be accepted and published.
The latest printed version (16th edition) of The Chicago Manual of Style is over 900 pages. It is also available online by subscription. But, if you’re doing a final edit on your document, do you know what term to look up when you have a question? Sure, you could take the time and effort to look up answers to all of your questions . . . how much free time do you have? Will your other responsibilities put your deadline at risk? Did you start your project by applying what is now an out-of-date version of The Chicago Manual of Style? Is your manuscript “grandfathered” under an older version of The Chicago Manual of Style or must you update it?
For almost every rule in The Chicago Manual of Style there is an exception or an alternative rule. For instance, The Chicago Manual of Style uses two styles of documentation: notes-bibliography (NB) and the author-date system. If you’re writing about architecture or humanities (e.g., literature, history, art), you’re likely to use a different system than the one used for social sciences. Which documentation style applies to you or, put another way, should you use the long or short version of notes? (Hint: Are you including a bibliography?) Do you know when to put a hyphen between two words? (Hint: Do the words form a compound adjective or adverb? Is the compound permanent or temporary?) Should you use footnotes or endnotes? (Hint: Are you writing a book, an article, or a dissertation?) Where and how should you incorporate a table? (Hint: Are you writing a book, an article, or a dissertation?)
If you’re using Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, you’ll also use one of these two documentation-reference systems, but “Turabian” contains modifications to The Chicago Manual of Style that apply only to theses, dissertations, capstone projects, and research papers. How much time will it take for you to research all the major and minor differences? If you make a mistake in formatting, how many submissions will it take you to get it right and will those delays put your targeted graduation date at risk? Should you seek a Chicago Manual of Style formatting and editing service from the start or after your document is rejected for formatting issues?
Our Chicago Manual of Style experts can help finalize the editing and formatting of your project so that your submission is clean, coherent, and compelling on the first go-round.
Do You Need a Skilled Chicago-Style Editor?
Can you find the mistakes in these sentences? If you can, you may not need our services. If you can’t…
(Careful. Some are OK and some have more than one error.)
1. His wife Linda accompanied him on his trip. His son, Albert, did not.
2. Everyone has a right to their opinion.
3. Marcus’ girlfriend likes to spend her holidays with the Smith’s.
4. Having skipped both breakfast and lunch, that stale donut looked like a T-bone steak to Earl.
5. Barack Obama is President of the United States but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the face of America abroad.
6. Hasn’t everyone read “Tale of Two Cities?”
7. He was experiencing his midlife crisis: everyone could see that.
8. Norbert said, “According to Roosevelt, ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’”
9. He was tall, thin, and had a long, white beard.
10. While he never wanted to see her again, he went to her wedding anyway.
11. The hairstyle which Michaela had chosen earned her a great deal of ridicule in certain circles.
12. His favorite song is “Hair”; his favorite Broadway play is Hair.
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