Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)

The Chicago Manual of Style offers two distinct documentation methods, one for the humanities (Notes and Bibliography system) and one for the sciences (Author-Date system). This guide presumes you're using the Notes & Bibliography format, which is common for Lone Star College classes.

• There is no particular required font but stick with Times New Roman size 12, as you would for other essays.
• Footnote numbers are consecutive throughout the whole paper. If you re-use a source, it will get a new footnote number each time. 
• Most of your paper will be double-spaced.
• Footnote entries & bibliography entries will be single-spaced. Footnotes also use a "first line indent," making them look like a regular paragraph. Bibliography entries at the end of the paper will use a hanging indent like you've probably used in MLA and APA.

Shortened (Concise) Notes

The second (or subsequent) time a resource is referenced, use a shortened citation form.  The short form should include the last name of the author, a brief form of the title (formatted with italics or quotation marks as needed), and the page number.  For example:

      95. Miller, Quest, 81.

Note: Older versions of Chicago used Ibid. for consecutive references to the same source. This is no longer preferred, as of the 17th edition. You will use shortened notes for all footnote citations after your initial use of a source.