Chicago report citation generator

Q: How do I cite a report in Chicago?

Use this pattern: Organization Name. Title of Report. Report no. #. Publisher, Year. URL.Or paste the link into the generator above and it builds the citation for you.

Cite a report in Chicago (18th ed.): paste the link and CiteForge fills in the details, then gives you the bibliography entry and the in-text citation.

Cite a report in Chicago

Source type

Authors (or an organisation)

Report title

Publisher (if not the author)

Publication date (leave blank if none)

Report number (if it has one)

URL

Date you accessed it (MLA/Harvard, or when there’s no date)

Fix title capitalisation for the style (sentence case for APA/Harvard, title case for MLA/Chicago)

Bibliography entry · Chicago notes & bibliography

Your citation appears here as you type, set exactly as it will look in your paper.

Footnotes

Page

Fill in the author and date to see the in-text version.

Chicago format for a report

Organization Name. Title of Report. Report no. #. Publisher, Year. URL.

Treat reports like books.
The report number follows the title.
If author and publisher are the same, you may give only the publisher.

Example

Chicago notes & bibliography

National Center for Education Statistics. Report on the Condition of Education 2024. Report no. NCES 2024-144. National Center for Education Statistics, 2024. https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2024144.

Footnote: National Center for Education Statistics, Report on the Condition of Education 2024 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2024), 12, https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2024144.

What you need, and where to find it

Author (often an organisation)
Report title
Report number (if any)
Publisher (if different from the author)
Year
URL

Government and NGO reports put the report number on the cover or the inside cover. If the organisation is both author and publisher, list it only once (APA).

Chicago report questions

How do I cite a report in Chicago?

Use this pattern: Organization Name. Title of Report. Report no. #. Publisher, Year. URL.

Or paste the link into the generator above and it builds the citation for you.

What information do I need?

Author (often an organisation), Report title, Report number (if any), Publisher (if different from the author), Year, URL. Government and NGO reports put the report number on the cover or the inside cover. If the organisation is both author and publisher, list it only once (APA).

What does the in-text citation look like?

Chicago uses a footnote, or (Author Year, page) in author-date. The generator gives you both the parenthetical and narrative versions; add a page number or timestamp for direct quotes.

Is it free, and do I need an account?

Free, no account, no ads. Citations are formatted in your browser, and saved sources stay in this browser only.