Gladhill Learning Commons FAQ: Citations

The general format for a book in Chicago Manual of Style is as follows (note: The 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style no longer requires the city of publication for books):

Footnotes/Endnotes

 1. First Name Last Name of Author, Title of Book (Publisher, Year of publication), page number, URL or DOI if applicable.

Bibliography

Last Name, First Name of Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of publication. URL or DOI if applicable.

For books that have an editor and author, the general format is:

Footnote/Endnote:

2. First Name Last Name of Author, Title of the Textbook, ed. Name of Editor (Place of Publication: Publisher, year), page number, URL or DOI if applicable.

Bibliography

Last Name, First Name of Author. Title of the Textbook. Edited by Name of Editor. Publisher, year.

Examples:

Footnote/Endnote

1. Nigel Warburton, A Little History of Philosophy (Yale University Press, 2012), 20.

2. Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon: The Major Works, ed. Brian Vickers (University of Chicago Press, 2008), 194.

3. Neltje Blanchan, Game Birds: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-fowls (Doubleday,1922), 25, https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.54181.

Bibliography

Bacon, Francis. Francis Bacon: The Major Works. Edited by Brian Vickers. University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Blanchan, Neltje. Game Birds: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-fowls. Doubleday, 1922. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.54181.

Warburton, Nigel. A Little History of Philosophy. Yale University Press, 2012.

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