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Chicago Citation Style: Books, Book Chapters, Reference Book Entries

Books

  • Personal authors and editors: if the author is also an editor, add ed. for one editor and eds. for more than one editor.
  • Title: italicize the author (and subtitle if available) and give it in full as it appears in the source. Capitalize the first word of the title and subtitle and all principal words.
  • City: as of the 18th edition, the name of the city is normally not needed. However, for books published before 1900, the city of publication is typically of greater interest than the name of the publisher (often a long-defunct printer); it is therefore usually preferable to omit publishers’ names and instead include only a place and date of publication. A comma follows the place. See sections 14.30 and 14.31 for more detailed information.
  • Publisher: Write publishers’ names in full, but omit words like Company (Co.), Corporation (Corp.), Incorporated (Inc.), and Limited (Ltd.); retain words like Sons, Brothers, Books and Press. For example: Macmillan (not Macmillan Publishing Co.); W. W. Norton (not W. W. Norton & Company).
  • Date: For books, use only the year. If there is no date, use n.d.

  • DOI: Always include the DOI if available as the mode of access. For ebooks from library databases that do NOT have a DOI, include the name of the database instead. For ebooks accessed directly online (i.e. not through a database) with no DOI, give the URL. For ebooks read on a device, include the name of the device. 

    When citing an ebook that does not have fixed page numbers, use a chapter number, section heading or another reference marker in the footnote.

    ABOUT THE DOI: the current preferred format for ALL DOI hyperlinks uses https://doi.org/ as the prefix. Older works may use previous formats (e.g., “http:/dx.doi.org/” or “doi:” or “DOI:” before the DOI number). Standardize all your DOI hyperlinks into the current preferred format in your reference list

Example - Book with one author or editor
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Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Work: Subtitle. Publisher, Year of Publication.

 

Creese, Gillian Laura. The New African Diaspora in Vancouver: Migration, Exclusion, and Belonging. University of Toronto Press, 2011.

                                                                                                         

1. Author First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle (Publisher, Year), page #.

 

1. Gillian Laura Creese, The New African Diaspora in Vancouver: Migration, Exclusion, and Belonging (University of Toronto Press, 2011), 32.

2. Creese, The New African Diaspora, 39.

 
Example - Book with two authors or editors
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 First Author Last Name, First Name, and Second Author First Name Last Name. Title of Book: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. 

 

Bramadat, Paul, and Matthias Koenig, eds. International Migration and the Governance of Religious Diversity.  Queen's University School of Policy Studies, 2009.

Hoefnagels, Anna, Judith Klassen, and Sherry Johnson, eds. Musical Expressions in Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.                          

1. First Author First Name Last Name, and Second Author First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.

 

1. Paul Bramadtat and Mattias Koenig, eds., International Migration and the Governance of Religious Diversity (Queen's University School of Policy Studies, 2009), 227.

2. Anna Hoefnagels, Judith Klassen, and Shery Johnson, eds., Musical Expressions in Canada (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019), 55.

 

3. Bramadat and Koenig, International Migration, 242.

4. Hoefnagels, Klassen, and Shery, Musical Expressions, 61.

  
Example - Book with more than two authors or editors
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  In the bibliography, list up to six authors; if there are more than six, list only the first three, followed by the words et al. Title of Work: Subtitle. Publisher, Year of Publication. 

 

Dvoskin, Joel A., Jennifer L. Skeem, Raymond W. Novaco, and Kevin S. Douglas, eds. Using Social Science to Reduce Violent Offending. Oxford University Press, 2012.

                                                                                      

1. First Author First Name Last Name et al., Title of Book: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.

 

                                                                                                

1. Joel A. Dvoskin et al., eds., Using Social Science to Reduce Violent Offending (Oxford University Press, 2012), 105.

2. Dvoskin et al., Using Social Science, 122.

  
Example - Book with an organization as an author
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Name of Organization. Title of Book: Subtitle. Publisher, Year. 

 

World Health Organization. Traditional Herbal Remedies for Primary Health Care. World Health Organization, 2010.             

1. Name of Organization, Title of Book: Subtitle (Publisher, Year), page #.

 

1. World Health Organization, Traditional Herbal Remedies for Primary Health Care (World Health Organization, 2010), 65.

2. World Health Organization, Traditional Herbal Remedies, 73.

 
  • For more info on authors, editors, titles, dates, publishers and DOI/URL/databases, look under the tab Books 
  • as of the 18th edition, the page range is NOT required anymore in the bibliography entry
Example - Book Chapter in single-author book, print
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Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication.

 

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

 Author First Name Last Name, "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book: Subtitle (Publisher, Year), page #.                   

 

1. Kate Andersen Brower, “Backstairs Gossip and Mischief,” in The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House (Harper, 2015), 211.

2. Brower, “Backstairs Gossip," 220.

 
Example - Book Chapter from multi-author edited book, print
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Chapter Author Last Name,  First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book: Subtitle, edited by Editor First Name Last Name. # ed. if available. Publisher, Year of Publication.  

 

Brooks, Steven. "Imagining Each Other." In Canada and the United States: Differences That Count, edited by David M. Thomas and David N. Biette. 4th ed.  University of Toronto Press, 2014.

 

                                                                                               

1. Chapter Author First Name Last Name, "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book: Subtitle, ed. Editor First Name Last Name, # ed. if available (Publisher, Year of Publication), page #.                                  

 

1. Steven Brooks, "Imagining Each Other," in Canada and the United States: Differences That Count, ed. David M. Thomas and David N. Biette, 4th ed. (University of Toronto Press, 2014), 30.

2. Brooks, "Imagining Each Other," 39.

 

 

  • Mode of Access: Always include the DOI if available as the mode of access. For ebooks from library databases that do NOT have a DOI, include the name of the database instead. For ebooks accessed directly online (i.e not through a database) with no DOI, give the URL. For ebooks read on a device, include the name of the device. 

  • When citing an ebook that does not have fixed page numbers, use a chapter number, section heading or another reference marker in the footnote.

  • ABOUT THE DOI: the current preferred format for ALL DOI hyperlinks uses https://doi.org/ as the prefix. Older works may use previous formats (e.g., “http:/dx.doi.org/” or “doi:” or “DOI:” before the DOI number). Standardize all your DOI hyperlinks into the current preferred format in your reference list

Example - Ebook
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Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Work: Subtitle. Publisher, Year of Publication. Mode of Access.

With DOI:

Salter, Diane. Cases on Quality Teaching Practices in Higher Education. IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3663-3.

Askari, Hossein. Collaborative Colonialism: The Political Economy of Oil in the Persian Gulf.  Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.  https://doi.or/10.1057/9781137353771.

 

From a database, no DOI: 

Nickerson, Billeh. McPoems. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009. Proquest.

Arrow, Kenneth J., Kristen Renwick Monroe, and Nicholas Monroe Lampros.  On Ethics and Economics: Conversations with Kenneth J. Arrow. Routledge, 2016. Proquest.

 

From the open internet, no DOI: 

Brooker, Bertram. Think of the Earth. Nelson & Sons, 1936. http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/brookerb-thinkoftheearth/brookerb-thinkoftheearth-00-e.epub.

 

From an ebook reader:

Begley, Adam. Updike. Harper, 2014. iBooks.

   

1. Author First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle (Publisher, Year), page #, Mode of Access.

 

1. Diane Salter, Cases on Quality Teaching Practices in Higher Education (IGI Global, 2013), 38, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3663-3.

2. Hossein Askari, Collaborative Colonialism: The Political Economy of Oil in the Persian Gulf (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), chap. 3, https://doi.or/10.1057/9781137353771.

3. Billeh Nickerson, McPoems (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009), 41, Proquest.

4. Kenneth J. Arrow, Kristen Renwick Monroe, and Nicolas Monroe Lampros, On Ethics and Economics: Conversations with Kenneth J. Arrow (Routledge, 2016) 75, Proquest.

5. Bertram Brooker, Think of the Earth (Nelson & Sons, 1936), 96, http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/brookerb-thinkoftheearth/brookerb-thinkoftheearth-00-e.epub.

6. Adam Begley, Updike (Harper, 2014), 85.

7. Salter, Cases on Quality Teaching, 47.

8. Askari, Collaborative Colonialism, chap. 3.

9. Nickerson, McPoems, 63.

10. Arrow, Monroe, and Lampros, On Ethics and Economics, 56.

11. Brooker, Think of the Earth, 105.

12. Begley, Updike, 96.

 

 

  • For more info on authors, editors, titles, dates, publishers and DOI/URL/databases, look under the tab Books 
  • Placement of the page numbers is different in the bibliography entry.
Example - Chapter in multi-author book, from a database or the Web with DOI
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Chapter

14.58-14.61

 

Chapter Author Last Name,  First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book: Subtitle, edited by Editor First Name Last Name. Publisher, Year. DOI.

 

Ehrenfeld, John A. "The Roots of Unsustainability." In The Handbook of Design for Sustainability, edited by Stuart Walker and Jacques Giard. Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474294102.ch-001.

                                           

1. Chapter Author First Name Last Name, "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book: Subtitle, ed. Editor First Name Last Name (Publisher, Year), page #, DOI.

 

1. John A. Ehrenfeld, "The Roots of Unsustainability," in The Handbook of Design for Sustainability, ed. Stuart Walker and Jacques Giard (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), 17, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-366.

2. Ehrenfeld, "The Roots," 18.
Example - Chapter in multi-author book, from a database (no DOI) 
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Chapter

14.58-14.61

 

Chapter Author Last Name,  First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book: Subtitle, edited by Editor First Name Last Name. Publisher, Year of Publication. Database Name.

 

Atwood, Margaret. “To the Light House.” In The Worlds of Carol Shields, edited by David Staines. University of Ottawa Press, 2014. DesLibris.

Miki, Art. "The Internment of Japanese Canadians: A Human Rights Violation." In Civilian Internment In Canada: Histories and Legacies, edited by Rhonda L. Hinther and Jim Mochoruk. University of Manitoba Press, 2020. DesLibris.

1. Chapter Author First Name Last Name, "Title of Chapter," In Title of Book: Subtitle, ed. Editor First Name Last Name (Publisher, Year of Publication), page #. Database Name.                   

 

1. Margaret Atwood, “To the Light House,” in The Worlds of Carol Shields, ed. David Staines (University of Ottawa Press, 2014), 7, DesLibris.

2. Atwood, "To the Light House," 8.

3. Art Miki, "The Internment of Japanese Canadians: A Human Rights Violation," in Civilian Internment In Canada: Histories and Legacies, ed. Rhonda L. Hinther and Jim Mochoruk (University of Manitoba Press, 2020), 395, DesLibris.

4. Miki, "The Internment," 398.

 

 

  • if the edition is not the first, you need to include this information after the title, for example 2nd ed., 3rd ed., rev. ed.
  • For more info on authors, editors, titles, dates, publishers and DOI/URL/databases, look under the tab Books
Example - Edition other than the first
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Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle.  Edition info. Publisher, Year. 

 

Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

                                                            

1. Author First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle, edition info (Publisher, Year), page #.

 

1. William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th ed. (Allyn and Bacon, 2000), 152.

2. Strunk, The Elements of Style,158.
Example - Specific volume
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Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle.  Volume #, Title of Volume, edited by First name Last Name. Publisher, Year. 

 

Eicher, Joanne B., ed. Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion. Vol. 3, The United States and Canada, edited by Phyllis G. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014.

       

Note: Eicher is the series editor; Tortora is the editor of volume 3.                                   

1. Author First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle, volume #, Title of Volume, ed. First Name Last Name (Publisher, Year), page #.

 

1. Joanne B. Eicher, ed., Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, vol. 3, The United States and Canada, ed. Phyllis G. Tortora (University of California Press, 2014), 57.

2. Eicher, Encyclopedia, 58. 
Example - Specific volume
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Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle.  Volume #, Title of Volume, edited by First name Last Name. Publisher, Year. 

 

Grene, David, and Richmond Lattimore, eds. The Complete Greek Tragedies. 3rd ed., edited by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most. 9 vols. University of Chicago Press, 2013

   

Note: Grene and Richmond are the editors of the original volumes; Griffith and Most are the editors of the 3rd. edition.                                   

1. Author First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle, volume #, Title of Volume, ed. First Name Last Name (Publisher, Year), page #.

 

2. David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, eds., The Complete Tragedies, 3rd ed., ed. Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most (University of Chicago Press, 2013), 5:57.

2. Grene and Richmond, Complete Tragedies, 5:58. 
  • Well known reference books are normally only put in Notes and publication information is omitted (see examples below for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Dictionary of American Biography, Merriam-Webster and Wikipedia).
  • the word “under” may be added for clarity before the entry title.
  • For online sources include a posted publication or revision date for the entry; a time stamp may also be included for frequently updated resources (see the Wikipedia example); if no date is available, supply an access date.
  • Give full citation information for lesser known reference sources (see examples 4 and 5 below)
Example - Well known reference books in print
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No bibliographic entry needed

                                                                                                         

1. Reference Book Name, # ed. (Year of Publication), under "Title of Entry." 

 

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed. (2003), under "Hockey."  

2. Dictionary of American Biography (1937), “Wadsworth, Jeremiah.” 
Example - Well known reference books online
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Chapter

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No bibliographic entry needed

 

 

 

                                                                                                         

1. Reference Book Name, under "Title of Entry," last modified date (if available; otherwise accessed date), Mode of Access.

 

1. Merriam-Webster, under "app (n.)," accessed August 20, 2020, http://merriamwebster.com/dictionary/app.

2. Wikipedia, under "Ice Hockey," last modified October 26, 2020, 14:22, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ice_hockey.  

3. Merriam-Webster, "app (n.)."

4. Wikipedia, "Ice Hockey."
Example - Lesser known reference books with author for entry, multiple volumes
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Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Entry." In Reference Book Title, edited by First Name Last Name of Editor. # ed. Vol. #, Volume Title if applicable. Publisher, Year of Publication. 

 

Dougal, April S. "Canada Dry." In Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands, edited by Janice Jorgensen. Vol.1, Consumable Products. St. James Press, 1994.

1. Author First Name Last Name, "Title of Entry," in Title of Reference Book: Subtitle, ed. First Name Last Name, # ed., vol. #, Volume Title if applicable  (Publisher, Year of Publication), s.v. "entry."                                                                                          

1. April S. Dougal, "Canada Dry," in Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands, ed. Janice Jorgensen, vol.1 Consumable Products (St. James Press, 1994), 94-95.

2. Dougal, "Canada Dry," 95.
Example - Lesser known reference books online with author for entry
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Chapter

14.132

Masolo, Dismas. “African Sage Philosophy.” In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 1997–. Article published February 14, 2006; last modified February 22, 2016. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2016/entries/african-sage/.

1. Dismas Masolo, “African Sage Philosophy,” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University, 1997–), published February 14, 2006; last modified February 22, 2016, https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2016/entries/african-sage/.

2. Masolo, "African Sage Philosophy."


  • If a source has no date, write n.d. 
  • For more info on authors, editors, titles, dates, publishers and DOI/URL/databases, look under the tab Books 
Example - Book with no author or editor

                                                                                                                           

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Title of Book: Subtitle. Publisher, Year.             

            

 

China Business Guide. 2nd ed. Chinaknowledge Press, 2004.

            
          		                        

1. Title of Book: Subtitle (Publisher, Year), page #.

 

1. China Business Guide, 2nd ed. (Chinaknowledge Press, 2004), 128. 

            

2. China Business Guide, 135.