GHCH 1017 Gender Issues in Imperial Chinese History: How to Cite

The preferred citation style for the Relic Curation Project is Chicago Manual of Style. 

The Chicago Manual of Style is frequently used in History, as its footnote/endnote and bibliography are useful for emphasizing on precise source origins in History writings.

The basic format consists of a number that is assigned to a particular fact in the text, and a footnote with the corresponding number appears at the bottom of the same page, listing the source to the text. At the end of the paper, there is a bibliography list (in alphabetical order) detailing all the sources that have been cited in the paper, along with other works that were consulted but not directly cited:

To find out more, you can access the Quick Guide online, check out the Detailed Guide (by Purdue Online Writing Lab), or consult the print copy in the Library. 

• In notes, where reference is usually to a particular passage in a book or journal, only the page numbers (often a single page number) pertaining to that passage are given

• In bibliographies, no page numbers are given for books; for easier location of journal articles or chapters or other sections of a book, the beginning and ending page numbers of that entire or chapter are given. Electronic sources do not always include page numbers. For such unpaginated works, it may be appropriate in a note to include a chapter or paragraph number (if available), a section heading, or a descriptive phrase that follows the organizational divisions of the work. In citations of shorter electronic works presented as a single, searchable document, such locators may be unnecessary

• Elements are separated by commas in a footnote, whereas elements are separated by periods in a bibliography. 

(Adopted from Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition)

There are no standardised Chinese citation styles available. The key is to be consistent in the way you cite. Please refer to the 參考書目格式 handout (available on Blackboard) given out by your professor. 

In addition, here are a few more Chinese style guides for your reference: 

文後參考文獻著錄規則
中國國家標準化管理委員
China National Standardization Management Committee (2005)

論文撰作簡介 (p. 25-35)
浸會大學中文系
HKBU– Department of Chinese Language and Literature (2011)

中文論文格式 (p.8-10)
浸會大學歷史系
HKBU – Department of History (2011-2012)

研究論文格式舉要
香港大學中文學院
HKU – School of Chinese (2009)

中文文稿格式：文獻徵引及參考文獻
香港教育研究所
Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (2010)