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Chicago Style Guide: Bibliography

Formatting A Bibliography/Reference Page

  • Label the first page of your back matter, your comprehensive list of sources, “Bibliography” (for Notes and Bibliography style) or “References” (for Author-Date style).
  • Leave two blank lines between “Bibliography” or “References” and your first entry
  • Leave one blank line between remaining entries
  • List entries in letter-by-letter alphabetical order according to the first word in each entry, be that the author's name or the title of the piece.

Format a Hanging Indent

Format a Hanging Indent in Microsoft Word

Create a Hanging Indent Capture.PNG

 

In Paragraph Toolbar, select PopOut Tool

(Tiny arrow in corner of toolbar - should generate a Paragraph Tools popout window.)

 

In PopOut Window, select : Indentation / Special / Hanging / By: 0.5" (important)!

 

Paste your Reference into MS Word.

 

It should be automatically formatted with a hanging indent.


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