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The Chicago Manual of Style site has pages devoted to different ways of getting answers and solving problems with format and style. Choose a page to visit:

• Frequently asked questions
• Examples of all types of bibliographical citations
• Search the CMS (free registration required; go to the page to register)

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Use an online writer's guide

Don't forget to check out the other online writer's guides, especially if your professor uses a particular guide.

Writer's references such as Diana Hacker's A Writer's Reference, the Holt Handbook, and the Bedford Researcher are online.