How do I cite a book or e-book using the Chicago Manual of Style?
Answer
The general format for a book in Chicago Manual of Style is:
Footnotes/Endnotes
1 First Name Last Name of Author, Title of Book (Publication City: Publisher, Year of publication), page number, URL or DOI if applicable.
Bibliography
Last Name, First Name of Author. Title of Book. Publication City: 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. Publication City: Publisher, year.
Examples:
Footnote/Endnote
1 Nigel Warburton, A Little History of Philosophy (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 20.
2 Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon: The Major Works, ed. Brian Vickers (Chicago: 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 (Garden City, NY, 1922), 25, https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.54181.
Bibliography
Bacon, Francis. Francis Bacon: The Major Works. Edited by Brian Vickers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Blanchan, Neltje. Game Birds: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-fowls. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1922. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.54181.
Warburton, Nigel. A Little History of Philosophy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012.
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