Irish Studies: Writing & Citing

If you follow a citation style correctly, you will avoid plagiarism and help your reader find your information sources.  Ask your lecturer/supervisor if you are not sure which style you should use.  The recommended style for History at Otago is:

• Chicago (Footnotes and a Bibliography) sometimes called "Chicago A"

You'll find examples of how to cite correctly using Chicago's Author-Date style on the History Department Website:

• Study Skills

There is software available to help you to keep track of all of the information that you find and ensure that your citations are formatted correctly

• Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

• EndNote   

EndNote is software used to manage bibliographic citations. It can be used to organise references, cite them in papers, and automatically generate bibliographies - in the citation style of your choice.  

PLEASE NOTE: The Chicago Manual of Style also contains examples for both the Notes+Bibliography style (sometimes called "Chicago A") used by the History Department, and the Author-Date style (sometimes called "Chicago B") used by the English Department.  Try not to get confused between the 2 styles.