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Chicago 18th Edition Citation Guide

Shortened Citation

The first time you cite a source you will cite the full note. After that, you will use a shortened version of the citation. 

Footnote/Endnote Example:

  • Full citation: 16. Victoria Johnson American Eden: David Hosack, Botany and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic (Liveright Publishing, 2018), 98.
  • Shortened Citation: 17. Johnson, American Eden, 55-56.

Book Examples

Overall Notes:

  • Omit Co. or Ltd. from publisher name 
    • Ex: Macmillan not Macmillan Publishing Co.
  • Reports are treated like books, so follow the book citation and put a URL at the end if found online.
Print Book

Footnote/Endnote 

Author First Name and Last Name, Title of Book (Publisher, Date of Publication), page #.

Example:

1. Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires (Yale University Press, 2019),127.

Bibliography

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Date of Publication.

Example:

Mackintosh-Smith, Tim. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires. Yale University Press, 2019.

Note: If your book has a specific edition, put it after the title. For example: Book Title, 4th ed. (Publisher)
Print Book With Two Authors

Footnote/Endnote 

Author A First and Last Name and Author B First and Last Name, Title of Book (Publisher, Date of Publication), page #.

Example: 

2. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, The War: An Intimate History. 1941-1945 (Knopf, 2007), 52.

Bibliography

Author A Last Name, Author A First Name and Author B First Name Author B Last Name, Title of Book. Publisher, Date of Publication.

Example: 

Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns. The War: An Intimate History. 1941-1945. Knopf, 2007.

*Note: Only the first-listed name is inverted in bibliography entry 

Note: If your book has a specific edition, put it after the title. For example: Book Title, 4th ed. (Publisher)
Print Book With Three Authors

Footnote/Endnote 

Author A First and Last Name and Author B First and Last Name and Author C First and Last Name, Title of Book (Publisher, Date of Publication), page #.

Bibliography

Author A Last Name, Author A First Name and Author B First and Last Name and Author C First and Last Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Date of Publication.

*Note: Only the first-listed name is inverted in the bibliography entry

Note: If your book has a specific edition, put it after the title. For example: Book Title, 4th ed. (Publisher)
Translated Book

Footnote/Endnote 

Author First and Last Name, Title of Book, trans. Translators First and Last Name (Publisher, Date of Publication), page #.

Example: 

32. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, trans. Gregory Rabassa (HarperCollins2003), 200.

Bibliography

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Translated by First and Last Name. Publisher, Date of Publication.

Example: 

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. HarperCollins, 2003.

Note: Use the abbreviations for editor "ed.", editors "eds.", and translator "trans." in endnotes.
Book with Author and Editor

Footnote/Endnote 

Author First and Last Name, Title of Book, ed. Editor Name (Publisher, Date of Publication), page #.

Example: 

32. Edward B. Taylor, Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and Development of Civilization, ed. Paul Bohannan (University of Chicago Press1964), 100.

Bibliography

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. edited by Editor Name. Publisher, Date of Publication.

Example: 

Taylor, Edward B. Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and Development of Civilization. edited by Paul Bohannan. University of Chicago Press, 1964.

Chapter/Section In Edited Book

Footnote/Endnote 

Author First and Last Name, "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book, ed. Editor Name (Publisher, Date of Publication), page #.

Example: 

32. Ibram X. Kendi "Progress," in The 1619 Project, ed. Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein (One World2021), 427.

Bibliography

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book, edited by Editor Name, page #. Publisher, Date of Publication.

Example: 

Kendi, Ibram X. "Progress." In The 1619 Project, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein, 421-440. One World, 2021.

Note: You could also say the chapter number before in. For example: "Title," Chap. 6 in Book Title

eBook

If an eBook is in PDF format and retains the information from the original book (page numbers, etc.) then you would cite it like a print book. If the book is in an alternative format you must list where the book is coming from - usually an app or a library database.

Footnote/Endnote 

Author First and Last Name, Title of Book  (Publisher, Date of Publication), Source of Book, chapter #.

Example: 

27. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics, 2008), Libby edition, chap. 24. 

Bibliography

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Date of Publication. Source of Book.

Example: 

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Classics, 2007. Libby edition.

Print Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entry

Major reference books are usually cited without any publication information and usually only in notes. Because most entries are small and do not have a specific author, you do not have to use an author name. For substantial entries such as "Egypt," it would be appropriate to cite the author like you would for a print book.

Footnote/Endnote Basic Entry

Title, Edition, s.v. "Entry Title." 

Example: 

Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 e.d., s.v. "Salvation."


Footnote/Endnote Longer Entry

Author First and Last Name, "Title of Entry," in Title of Encyclopedia, ed. Editor Name. Publisher, Date of Publication

Example: 

1. Tara Reddy Young, “Warhol, Andy,” In Encyclopedia of American Studies, ed. Simon Bronner, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), 109-121. 

Bibliography

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Bookedited by Editor Name, page #. Publisher, Date of Publication.

Example: 

Smith, Emily E. "Birds of North America." In Birds of the World, edited by Jane Williams, 210-258. Random House, 2008..