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Chicago referencing - Books


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What is it?

bookThe Chicago Manual of Style is often used to document sources for papers in the humanities (history, fine arts, and political science). 

The purpose of documentation is to:

The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.) recognises two basic styles of citation. These pages are intended as a guideline for the notes and bibliography system only. 

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General guidelines

These guidelines are based on the The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.).  Numbers in brackets refer to pages in the manual. Remember that all sources of information and data, whether quoted directly or paraphrased, should be cited with a note in your assignment, as well as an entry in the bibliography at the end of the assignment.

Footnotes

Bibliography

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Books

These pages only cover the Notes and Bibliography system for citing books. For each type of source, we give both the general form and a specific example. We use this format:

Book with one author or editor

The general format below refers to a book with one author. If you are dealing with one editor instead of one author, insert the editor's name in the place where the author's name is now, followed by a comma and the word "ed." without the quotation marks.  The rest of the format remains the same.

General format

Example

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Books with two or three authors or
editors

If you are dealing with two editors instead of two authors, insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors' names are now, followed by a comma and the word "eds." without the quotation marks. The rest of the format remains the same.

General format

Example

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Books with more than three authors or
editors

If you are dealing with a book that has more than three editors instead of authors, insert the names of the editors into the place where the names of the authors are now, followed by a comma and the word "eds." without the quotation marks (as per the example). The rest of the format remains the same.

General format

Example

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Chapter or article in a multi-author book

General format

Example

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Chapter or article in a multi-volume work

General format

Example

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Book with an organisation as an author

General format

  • Full note:
    1. Organization Name, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
  • Concise note:
    2. Organization Name, Book Title, page #. 
  • Bibliography:
    Organization Name. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example

  • Full note:
    1. World Health Organization, WHO Editorial Style Manual (Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993), 34. 
  • Concise note:
    2. World Health Organization, WHO Editorial Style, 34.
  • Bibliography:
    World Health Organization. WHO Editorial Style Manual. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993.
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Book with no author

General format

  • Full note:
    1. Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
  • Concise note:
    2. Book Title, page #. 
  • Bibliography:
    Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example

  • Full note:
    1. New York Public Library American History Desk Reference (New York: Macmillan, 1997), 87.
  • Concise note:
    2. New York Public Library, 87.
  • Bibliography:
    New York Public Library American History Desk Reference. New York: Macmillan, 1997.
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eBooks

eBooks are generally referenced in the same way as other books. The general format provided below refers to a basic one author eBook. If you are using an eBook that has multiple authors, includes an edition number and so on, please refer to the appropriate section in this guide. Include information on the format of the resource near the end of the footnote or bibliography entry (including a doi OR URL for the online version of an eBook), as in the example below.

General format

Example

Example 2

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Reference books

Well-known reference books are generally only cited in notes, not the bibliography. Full publication information is usually not included, but the edition must be specified. References to an alphabetically arranged work cite the item preceded by "s.v.", instead of a volume or page number. To cite less well-known reference books, or if a fuller citation is required, see the page for a Chapter or Article in a Multi-Author Book.

General format (for well known reference books)

Example

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Edition of a book other than the first

Second edition = 2nd ed.
Third edition = 3rd ed.
Fourth edition = 4th ed.
Revised edition = rev. ed. (Note) or Rev. ed. (Bibliography)

General format

Example

This is the end of our section on Chicago referencing of books. Our next section covers Chicago referencing of journals.

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