Referencing books in Chicago style
This page outlines the correct format for books in Chicago Style footnotes and a bibliography.
In this section
- Book
- Book (later edition)
- Online book or eBook
- Chapter in an edited book
- Edited book
- Online chapter in an edited book
- Other sources
New to referencing? See the introduction to referencing.
Book
Notes
Order: Author, Book Title (City of publication: Publisher name, year), page number
Cottrell1 emphasises the use of outside source materials in academic writing. When writing an assignment, this will form the crucial second step.2
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1. Stella Cottrell, The Study Skills Handbook (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999), 181.
2. Cottrell, The Study Skills Handbook, 114.
Bibliography
Order: Author. Book Title. Place of publication: Publisher, year.
Cottrell, Stella. The Study Skills Handbook. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999.
Book (later edition)
Notes
Order: Author, Book Title, edition. (City of publication: Publisher name, year), page number.
Note: The shortened form does not include ed.
1. Donald F. Logan. The Vikings in History, 3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2006), 78-9.
2. Logan, The Vikings, 155.
Bibliography
Order: Author. Book Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, year.
Logan, Donald F. The Vikings in History. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006.
Online book or eBook
Notes
Order: Author, Book Title, edition, (City of publication: Publisher name, year), page or chapter number, format consulted, URL or DOI.
Note: If page numbers for online sources are not available, cite the chapter or section number in your notes instead.
1. Sara Efrat Efron and Ruth Ravid, Action Research in Education: A Practical Guide (New York: Guilford, 2014), 113, ProQuest Ebook Central.
2. Bernard Gert, Morality: Its Nature and Justification (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), chap. 2, https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0195176898.001.0001/acprof-9780195176896-chapter-2.
3. Stephen Scher and Kasia Kozlowska, Rethinking Health Care Ethics (Singapore: Palgrave Pivot, 2018), chap. 3, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0830-7.
Bibliography
Order: Author. Book Title, Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, year. Format consulted, URL or DOI.
Efron, S. E., and Ruth Ravid. Action Research in Education: A Practical Guide. New York: Guilford, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central.
Gert, Bernard. Morality: Its Nature and Justification. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0195176898.001.0001/acprof-9780195176896-chapter-2.
Scher, Stephen, and Kasia Kozlowska. Rethinking Health Care Ethics. Singapore: Palgrave Pivot, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0830-7.
Chapter in an edited book
Notes
Order: Author, "Chapter Title," Book Title, editor/s (City of publication: Publisher name, year), specific page.
1. Ash Amin, "The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities," in A Companion to the City, ed. Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000), 120.
2. Amin, "The Economic Base," 122.
Bibliography
Order: Author. "Chapter title." Book title, editor/s, chapter page range. City of publication: Publisher name, year.
Amin, Ash. "The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities." In A Companion to the City, edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson, 115-128. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.
Edited Book
Notes
Order: Editor/s, Book Title, edition. (City of publication: Publisher name, year), page number.
Notes:
- The shortened form does not include ed. (or eds. if more than one editor).
- If you have referred to a specific chapter in the edited book, reference the chapter rather than the whole work (see above).
1. Michael W. Apple and James A. Beane, eds., Democratic Schools: Lessons in Powerful Education, 2nd ed. (Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2007), 78.
2. Apple and Beane, Democratic Schools, 91.
Bibliography
Order: Editor/s. Book Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, year.
Apple, Michael W., and James A. Beane, eds. Democratic Schools: Lessons in Powerful Education. 2nd ed. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2007.
Online chapter in an edited book
Notes
Order: Author, "Chapter Title," Book Title, editor/s (City of publication, Publisher name, year), specific page, format consulted, URL or DOI
1. Lissa L. Roberts and Joppe van Driel, "The Case of Coal," in Compound Histories Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840, ed. Lissa L. Roberts and Simon Werrett (Leiden: Brill, 2017), 62, https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/19841564/9789004325562_webready_content_text.pdf.
2. Roberts and van Driel, "The Case of Coal," 77.
3. Deborah E. Harkness, "Accounting for Science," in The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists, ed. Margaret C. Jacob and Catherine Secretan (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 206, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-61380-5_10.
4. Harkness, "Accounting for Science," 208.
Bibliography
Order: Author. "Chapter Title". Book Title, editor/s, page range. City of publication: Publisher name, year, specific page. Format consulted, URL or DOI.
Harkness, Deborah E. "Accounting for Science." In The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists, edited by Margaret C. Jacob and Catherine Secretan, 205-228. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-61380-5_10.
Roberts, Lissa L., and Joppe van Driel. "The Case of Coal." In Compound Histories Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840, edited by Lissa L. Roberts and Simon Werrett, 57-84. Leiden: Brill, 2017. https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/19841564/9789004325562_webready_content_text.pdf.
Other sources
Encyclopædia entries, study guides, and other book-like sources are covered in the section on referencing other material in Chicago Style.
References and further reading
Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2017. [Massey Library link] [E-book link]
Chicago Manual of Style Online. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Disclaimer
These pages are provided as a guide to proper referencing. Your course, department, school, or institute may prescribe specific conventions, and their recommendations supersede these instructions. If you have questions not covered here, check in the style guide listed above, ask your course coordinator, or ask at Academic Q+A.