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Chicago Style Guide: Cite Books

Cite Books With One Author

Bibliography template:

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Bibliography example:

Swanson, Bruce. Eighth Voyage of the Dragon : a History of China’s Quest for Seapower. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982.

Footnote template:

1. First name Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Footnote example:

1. Bruce Swanson. Eighth Voyage of the Dragon : a History of China’s Quest for Seapower. (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982), 128.

Cite Chapter or Essay In Edited Collection

Bibliography template:

Last name, first name of author. "Chapter title". In Title of Book, ed. first name last name of editor, page numbers. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Bibliography example:

Harris, Muriel. “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers.” In A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben Rafoth, 24-34. New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2000.

Footnote template:

1. First name, last name of author. "Chapter title" in Title of Book, ed. first name last name of editor (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page(s) referenced.

Footnote example:

1. Muriel Harris, “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers,” in A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One, ed. Ben Rafoth (New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2000), 24-34.

Cite Books With Multiple Authors

Bibliography template:

Last name, First name and First name Last Name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Bibliography example:

Gee, Gabriel and Caroline Wiedmer. Maritime Poetics. Bielefeld: Verlag, 2021.

Footnote template:

1. First name Last name and First name Laust Name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Footnote example:

1. Gabriel Gee and Caroline Wiedmer. Maritime Poetics. (Bielefeld: Verlag, 2021), 96-97.


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