Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style by Call Number: Ref. Z253.U692010ISBN: 9780226104201Publication Date: 2010-08-01
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Understanding Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style(CMS) is commonly used in physical, natural, and social sciences.
Chicago Manual of Style Paper Format
General CMS Guidelines
- Margins should be set at no less than 1” and no greater than 1.5”.
- Typeface should be something readable, such as Times New Roman or Palatino.
- Font size should be no less than 10 pt. (preferably, 12 pt.).
- Text should be consistently double-spaced, with the following exceptions:
- Block quotations, table titles, and figure captions should be single-spaced.
- A prose quotation of five or more lines should be blocked.
- A blocked quotation does not get enclosed in quotation marks.
- An extra line space should immediately precede and follow a blocked quotation.
- Blocked quotations should be indented .5” as a whole.
- Block quotations, table titles, and figure captions should be single-spaced.
- Notes and bibliographies should be singled-spaced internally; however, leave an extra line space between note and bibliographic entries.
- Page numbers begin in the header of the first page of text with Arabic number 1.
- Subheadings should be used for longer papers.
- CMS recommends you devise your own format but use consistency as your guide.
- For Turabian’s recommendations, see “Headings,” below.
- CMS recommends you devise your own format but use consistency as your guide.
- Put an extra line space before and after subheadings, and avoid ending them with periods.