Research Guides: HIST 350: Courtly Science in Premodern Europe (HC): Citations

Citation Manager

Zotero: The Tri-College Libraries recommend Zotero, a free online app that can format your bibliography, keep your citations organized, and even save your articles in the cloud so you can access them later from the library, home, or a café.

Zotero: A How-To Guide
Tricollege guide for using Zotero. Starts with an introduction and installation before describing how to use if as a versatile tool for research, footnotes and bibliographies.

Citation Guides

Chicago Manual of Style Online (17th edition)
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This 2017 edition of the handbook provides guidance on documenting sources and on writing style. It is frequently recommended for use by students in history. It includes instructions and examples for online publications and websites.
Chicago Manual of Style Documentary Note System (Williams College)
This page explains the system using separate bibliographic notes for citations rather than including them in the text as in often done in science papers. Examples are included for the different kinds of publications most often used by history students.
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Guide to Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (released in 2017).