citeformer.render.formatters.chicago

Chicago author-date citation style.

Inline markers are parenthetical (Smith 2023) — no comma between author and year, unlike APA. For 3+ authors we use (Smith et al. 2023).

Bibliography shape:

• Article: Smith, Alice. 2023. "Title." Journal Name 12 (3): 45–67.

• Book: Smith, Alice. 2023. Book Title. City: Publisher.

• Chapter: Smith, Alice. 2023. "Chapter Title." In Book Title, edited by Editor, 45–67. City: Publisher.

• Thesis: Smith, Alice. 2023. "Title." PhD diss., University.

Authors: first author Last, First, subsequent authors First Last. For 4+ authors in the bibliography Chicago lists all (up to 10); we cap at 10 and use et al. beyond.

Module Contents

Classes

ChicagoAuthorDateFormatter

Chicago author-date — (Smith 2023) inline; bibliography per CMOS 17.

API

class citeformer.render.formatters.chicago.ChicagoAuthorDateFormatter

Bases: citeformer.render.formatters._base.CitationFormatter

Chicago author-date — (Smith 2023) inline; bibliography per CMOS 17.

name

‘chicago-author-date’

citation_format

‘author-date’

inline(item: citeformer.render.formatters._base.CSLItem, number: int) → str

bibliography(item: citeformer.render.formatters._base.CSLItem, number: int) → str