Gladhill Learning Commons FAQ: Citations

This information has been updated for the 18th (2024) edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

To cite a chapter in a textbook that has one author:

Footnote/Endnote

1. First Name Last Name of Author, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Textbook (Publisher, year), pages, URL or DOI if applicable. 

1. John Smith, "How to Change a Tire," in Bike Maintenance (Bike Publishers, 2020), 20. 

Bibliography

Last Name, First Name of Author. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Textbook, page numbers of chapter. Publisher, year. URL or DOI if applicable. 

Smith, John. "How to Change a Tire.” In Bike Maintenance, 20-30. Bike Publishers, 2020. 

To cite a chapter in an edited collection of works by multiple authors (for example, an anthology of literature):

Footnotes/Endnote

2. First Name Last Name of Author, “Title of Short Work,” in Title of Textbook, ed. Name of Editor (Publisher, year), pages, URL or DOI if applicable.  

2. William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet,” in Anthology of English Literature, ed. Dwight Schrute (Schrute Press, 2017), 20-70, https://schrutepress.org/anthology.

Bibliography

Last Name, First Name of Author. “Title of Short Work.” In Title of Textbook, edited by Name of Editor, pages of chapter. Publisher, year. URL or DOI if applicable.

Shakespeare, William. “Romeo and Juliet.” In Anthology of English Literature, edited by Dwight Schrute, 20-70. Schrute Press, 2017. https://schrutepress.org/anthology.