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Chicago Style

This guide is intended to help you learn what Chicago Style is and includes. This guide will help you cite sources and avoid plagiarism. The guide also includes examples of Chicago style and lead you to resources that can help you cite sources.

Speeches/Lectures/Presentations

General Notes Format:

2. First Name Last Name of of Presenter, "Title of Lecture, Speech or Presentation," (brief description, sponsoring entity, location, date), Website Name, URL. (If it is found online).

For Example:

2. Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream," (speech, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963), American Rhetoric. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.

Bibliography:

3. Last Name, First Name of Presenter. "Title of Lecture, Speech or Presentation." Brief description, sponsoring entity, location, date. URL. (If it is found online)

For Example:

3. King, Martin Luther Jr. "I Have a Dream." Speech, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. American Rhetoric. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.

If the letters are from a digital collection, simply add the URL or DOI to the end of the citation.

General Notes Format:

4. First Name Last Name of of Presenter, "Title of Lecture, Speech or Presentation," (brief description, sponsoring entity, location, date), in Title of Book, ed. First Name Last Name of Editor (Publication Place: Publisher, year), page number(s).

For Example:

4.Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Day That Will Live in Infamy," (speech, Washington, D.C. December 8, 1941), in Speeches that Reshaped the World, ed. Alan Whiticker (Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2009), 27-28.

Bibliography:

5. Last Name, First Name of Presenter. "Title of Lecture, Speech or Presentation." Brief description, sponsoring entity, location, date. In the Title of Book ed. First Name Last Name of Editor, Publication Place: Publisher, year.

For Example:

5. Roosevelt, Franklin D. "A Day That Will Live in Infamy." Speech, Washington, D.C., December 8, 1941. In Speeches that Reshaped the World. Ed. Alan Ehiticker. Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2009.

General Notes Format:

6. First Name Last Name of of Presenter, "Title of Lecture, Speech or Presentation," (brief description, sponsoring entity, location, date), Name of Website or Database, URL or DOI.

For Example:

6. Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," (speech, Virginia, 1775), History Study Center, http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:hous&rft_dat=xri:ho:sup_ref:heehell0000608.

Bibliography:

7. Last Name, First Name of Presenter. "Title of Lecture, Speech or Presentation." Brief description, sponsoring entity, location, date. Name of Website or Database. URL or DOI.

For Example:

7. Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," (speech, Virginia, 1775), History Study Center, http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z239.88-2004&res_dat=xri;hous$rft_dat+xri:ho:sup_ref:heehell0000608.