Chicago Style Manual vs MLA vs ?

Discussion in 'Historiography' started by Heimbrent, Apr 28, 2013.

  1. Heimbrent

    Heimbrent Well-Known Member

    What do you use for referencing in academic papers in history written in English?
    I know MLA is used for literature, and Chicago Style for Linguistics, but what about history?
     
  2. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    I think Chicago (Turabian) style is prefered in the history community.

    Regards,
    Marc
     
  3. Heimbrent

    Heimbrent Well-Known Member

    Thanks Marc!

    How do others on here do referencing?
    I am familiar with how it is done in German but would like to be able to cite properly in English, too, so further input would be very welcome.

    *edit*
    Can you write something in the text and only mention the author in a footnote? Instead of writing
    "According to X, Y = Z"
    write "Y = Z1"
    1 X, title, year, page.

    Is that acceptable?
     
  4. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Yes, that is generally acceptable.
     
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