Chicago Citation Help: Welcome
The Scholarship Team will be reviewing many of your clinical case studies and dissertations as you move through the content review, format and style review, and bindery approval process. Meridian uses Chicago style, but we also have some rules that are specific to Meridian. Use this guide to ace your citations the first time and breeze through the review process!
In-Text Citations
One of the most common errors I come across when reviewing student submissions is formatting around note numbers in the text body. Below are examples of what proper notations look like.
If spacing around notations causes the superscript number to fall on the next line, delete the space to ensure the number is on the same line as the material being cited.
Single Digit Notation without Quotes
For notations that have a single digit notation, that doesn't end in a quote the superscript number is flush with the ending punctuation. There is one space between the notation number and the start of the next sentence.
Single Digit Notation WITH Quotes
For notations that have a single digit notation but ends in a quotation mark, there is a space between the quotation mark and the notation. There is then a single space between the notation number and the start of the next sentence.
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Multiple Digit Notation without Quotes
For notations that have multiple digits that do not end in quotation marks, the superscript number is flush with the ending punctuation. There is then two spaces between the notation number and the start of the next sentence.
Double Digit Notation WITH Quotes
For notations that have multiple digits but end in quotation marks, there is a space between the quotation mark and the notation number. There is then two spaces between the notation number and the start of the next sentence.
