Following is a list of terms with definitions that should be helpful in understanding the vocabulary that goes along with Chicago Style citation.
Citing:
Recognizing the sources of information and ideas in your project.
Plagiarism:
Taking and using the words or ideas of someone else and representing them as your own.
Paraphrasing:
Taking information that you have read from another source and putting it into your own words. Paraphrased information is followed by a citation.
Quoting:
Taking text originally published elsewhere, and copying it. Direct quotations appear in quotation marks and end with a citation.
In-text citation:
A brief note describing the sources in your paper or project, within the text of the paper itself, to indicate where the information came from. An in-text citation should match more detailed information that is available in the reference list.
Bibliography:
Contains details on all of the sources cited in a paper and is usually found at the end of the paper.
Footnote:
A reference note that is found at the bottom of each page of text.
Endnote:
A reference note that is found at the end of a section of text (i.e., at the end of a paragraph/chapter).
Block quotation/extract:
A style of quotation that is used for five or more lines of quoted text, two or more lines or poetry, and two or more lines of dialogue.
DOI (doi):
Some electronic content (i.e. online academic journal articles) is assigned a number called a Digital Object Identifier (DOI or doi). This system can be really helpful because items can be tracked down online using the doi.
Appendix: app.
Article: art.
Chapter: chap.
Division: div.
Editor, Edited by, Edition: ed.
Editors: eds.
et alii, et aliae (and others): from Latin- et al.
Manuscript: MS
No date of publication: n.d.
Number(s): no. (nos.)
No place: n.p.
Page(s): p. (pp.)
Paragraph: para.
Part: pt.
Revised: rev.
Section: sec.
Series: ser.
Supplement: Suppl.
Translator(s): trans.
Volume : vol.