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Find sources for Chicago references

Start with a URL, DOI, ISBN or title. Review the author, date and publication details before generating Chicago 18th edition references. Chicago citation guidance.

Citations

(World Health Organization, 2016)

References

World Health Organization. (2016). Urban green spaces and health.World Health Organization. (2016). Urban green spaces and health.

Use Chicago citations while you write

Notes and bibliography uses numbered notes with a separate bibliography. Author and date uses citations such as (Austen 1813, 12) and a reference list. Choose the required system before inserting citations, then review notes, locators and references together.

Writing assistant

Green spaces can help to bring people together.

A little more concise

Green spaces bring people together.

Check your Chicago source details

Check the authors, title, edition, publication date, publisher and a DOI or URL when applicable. A full note, a shortened note and a bibliography entry have different forms. Confirm the page locator for each passage instead of copying the complete article page range into a note.

Passage review

A passage to look at

A closer look at the places where we pause can tell us more.

Matching wording

Follow the passage to its source and review the context.

Urban green spaces

Exploring the places where we pause offers a different view of city life.

Keep your draft and references together

Edit a source record to update its connected citations. Your free account lets you save the document and revisit earlier drafts as your Chicago reference list develops.

Version history

Current draft

4 October 2026
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Earlier draft

3 October 2026
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Urban green spaces

Green spaces bring people together.

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Copy your Chicago references

Copy formatted references from your temporary document. Create a free account to save across sessions, export DOCX, PDF or TXT documents, and download BibTeX or RIS reference data. Document and bibliography exports.

Document access

Urban green spaces

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Maya Chen

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Keep the source behind a detail as carefully as the detail itself.

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Chicago citation generator questions

Chicago style has two systems: notes and bibliography, and author and date. This free Chicago citation generator follows the eighteenth edition and opens in notes and bibliography. Use the existing citation style selector to choose the system your assignment requires.

Notes and bibliography uses numbered notes with a separate bibliography. Author and date uses citations such as (Austen 1813, 12) and a reference list. Choose the required system before inserting citations, then review notes, locators and references together.

Yes. Find a source, review its details, insert citations and copy references in the editor. Your working document stays in this browser tab. Create an account when you want to save it and continue across sessions.

Yes. Both Chicago 18 systems are available in the citation style selector. Your draft and source records stay in place while linked citations and references are reformatted. The selected system also carries into your account when you save the document.

Yes. Search using a URL, DOI, ISBN or title. You can also enter details manually and choose a source type. A journal article found online should still be entered as a journal article, rather than as a generic website.

Check the original source first. Leave information blank when you cannot confirm it. Citation formats the available details according to the selected style; it does not invent an author or publication date.

Yes. Open the source's actions menu and choose Edit. Saving the changes updates its reference and linked citations. Use the source record you already added instead of creating a duplicate.

Yes. The Cite panel supports APA 7, MLA 9, both Chicago 18 systems, AMA, IEEE, ACS and Harvard in the free tools. Your text and sources stay in place while linked citations and references are reformatted.

It formats the source details you provide or retrieve. It does not establish that a claim is correct, that the source supports it, or that the publication is reliable. Read the source and check the reference before using it.

Choose Get started for free in the editor. Your document text, formatting, title, sources, linked citations and selected style carry into your account. You return to that document without repeating the setup steps.

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