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Chicago (17th ed.) Citation Style Guide: Books

Single Author (14.75, 14.100)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

3. Doidge, Brain's Way, 199.

Editions other than the First (14.113)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

10. Kirszner and Mandell, Pocket Holt, 77.

Add the state or province abbreviation (or sometimes the country) if the city of publication is not widely known or could be confused with another city with the same name. (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., pp. 813-814)

Two or Three Authors (14.76)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

5. Mash and Wolfe, Abnormal Child, 57.

Editor as Author (14.103)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

10. Cahn, World of Philosophy, 87.

Two or Three Editors as Author (14.76)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

10. Barbaree and Marshall, Juvenile Sex, 87.

Works by or Edited by Four to Ten Persons (14.76)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

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

All names are usually given in the bibliography for works by or edited by four to ten persons. The word order and the punctuation are the same as for two or three authors. In the footnote, give only the name of the first author followed by et al., without a comma in between, (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., p. 786).

Author and Editor (14.104)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

13. Tsuda, Attic Letters, 215.

Corporate Author

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

8. American Medical Association, Essential Guide, 48.

No Author

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

9. American Heritage, 171.

Chapter or Other Part of a Multiauthor Book (14.107)

Bibliographic Form

Sweatman, Margaret. "Arnason's Irony and Vision." In Contemporary Manitoba Writers, edited by Kenneth James Hughes, 31-53. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1990.

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

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

Chapter in a Single Author Book (14.106)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

11. Brower, “Backstairs Gossip,” 226.

Translated Book (14.104)

Bibliographic Form

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

 

Footnote Form

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

 

Shortened Note

6. Cassin, Google Me, 99.