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Chicago (18th ed.) Citation Style Guide: Books

Citing books

"The elements listed below are included, where applicable, in full notes and biblography entires. The order in which they appear may vary slightly according to the type of book and certain elements are sometimes omitted...

  • Author; if no author or editor is listed, name of institution standing in their place
  • Title, including subtitle
  • Edition, if not the first
  • Volume: total number of volumes if multivolume work is referred to as a whole; individual number if single volume of multivolume work is cited, and title of individual volume if applicable (see 14.18-24 for more information)
  • Series title if applicable, and volume number within series if series is numbered (see 14.25-28 for more information)
  • Publisher and date
  • Page numbers(s) (as for a specific citation in a note)
  • For books consulted online, URL or persistent identifier (Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., 14.2).

 

NOTE: "Chicago no longer requires a place of publication for books published since 1900" (Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., 14.29).

Single Author (14.1)

Bibliographic Form

Doidge, Norman. The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity. Viking, 2015.

 

Footnote Form

2. Norman Doidge, The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity (Viking, 2015), 191.

 

Shortened Note

3. Doidge, Brain's Way, 199.

Editions other than the First (14.15)

Bibliographic Form

Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. The Pocket Holt Handbook. 5th ed. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 2000.

 

Footnote Form

9. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, The Pocket Holt Handbook, 5th ed. (Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 2000), 87.

 

Shortened Note

10. Kirszner and Mandell, Pocket Holt, 77.

Two Authors (14.1)

Bibliographic Form

Mash, Eric J., and David A. Wolfe. Abnormal Child Psychology. Cengage Learning, 2019.

 

Footnote Form

4. Eric J. Mash and David A. Wolfe, Abnormal Child Psychology (Cengage Learning, 2019), 47.

 

Shortened Note

5. Mash and Wolfe, Abnormal Child, 57.

Editor as Author (14.5)

Bibliographic Form

Cahn, Steven M,. ed. The World of Philosophy: An Introductory Reader. Oxford University Press, 2019.

 

Footnote Form

9. Steven M. Cahn, ed., The World of Philosophy: An Introductory Reader (Oxford University Press, 2019), 77.

 

Shortened Note

10. Cahn, World of Philosophy, 87.

Two Editors as Author (14.5)

Bibliographic Form

Barbaree, Howard E., and William L. Marshall, eds. The Juvenile Sex Offender. Guildford Press, 2006.

 

Footnote Form

9. Howard E. Barbaree and William L. Marshall, eds., The Juvenile Sex Offender (Guildford Press, 2006), 77.

 

Shortened Note

10. Barbaree and Marshall, Juvenile Sex, 87.

Works Authored or Edited by More than Two Persons (14.1, 14.5)

Bibliographic Form

Miller, Charles D., Vern E. Heeren, John Hornsby, Christopher Heeren, Margaret L. Morrow, and Jill Van Newenhizen. Mathematical Ideas. Pearson, 2016.

 

Footnote Form

6. Charles D. Miller et al., Mathematical Ideas (Pearson, 2016), 111.

 

Shortened Note

7. Miller et al., Mathematical Ideas, 110.

In a note that cites a book with more than two authors or editors, list only the first author or editor, followed by "et al."...In the bibliography, list up to six authors; if there are more than six, list only the first three, followed by "et al." (Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., 13.23).

Author and Editor (14.6)

Bibliographic Form

Tsuda, Umeko. The Attic Letters: Ume Tsuda's Correspondence to her American Mother. Edited by Yoshiko Furuki. Weatherhill, 1991.

 

Footnote Form

12. Umeko Tsuda, The Attic Letters: Ume Tsuda's Correspondence to her American Mother, ed. Yoshiko Furuki (Weatherhill, 1991), 212.

 

Shortened Note

13. Tsuda, Attic Letters, 215.

Corporate Author

Corporate author

Bibliographic Form

American Medical Association. Essential Guide to Asthma. Pocket Books, 1998.

 

Footnote Form

7. American Medical Association, Essential Guide to Asthma (Pocket Books, 1998), 44.

 

Shortened Note

8. American Medical Association, Essential Guide, 48.

No Author

Bibliographic Form

American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English. Houghton, 2002.

 

Footnote Form

8. American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English (Houghton, 2002), 101.

 

Shortened Note

9. American Heritage, 171.

Chapter or Other Part of a Multiauthor Book (14.9)

Bibliographic Form

Sweatman, Margaret. "Arnason's Irony and Vision." In Contemporary Manitoba Writers, edited by Kenneth James Hughes. Turnstone Press, 1990.

Footnote Form

9. Margaret Sweatman, "Arnason's Irony and Vision," in Contemporary Manitoba Writers, ed. Kenneth James Hughes (Turnstone Press,1990), 37.

 

Shortened Note

10. Sweatman, "Arnason's Irony," 44.

 

"In a bibliography entry, the inclusive page numbers are no longer required" (Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., 14.9).

Chapter in a Single Author Book (14.8)

Bibliographic Form

Brower, Kate Andersen. “Backstairs Gossip and Mischief.” In The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, 207-22. Harper, 2015.

 

Footnote Form

19. Kate Anderson Brower, “Backstairs Gossip and Mischief,” in The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House (Harper, 2015), 219.

 

Shortened Note

11. Brower, “Backstairs Gossip,” 226.

Translated Book (14.6)

Bibliographic Form

Cassin, Barbara. Google Me: One Click Democracy. Translated by Michael Syrontinski. Fordham University Press, 2018.

 

Footnote Form

5. Barbara Cassin, Google Me: One Click Democracy, trans. Michael Syrontinski (Fordham University Press, 2018), 79.

 

Shortened Note

6. Cassin, Google Me, 99.