Chicago Style Guide 17th Edition: Books

In-Text Citation: 

Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Example:

The Seattle Advertiser made some startling claims about interventions by corporate interests in 2004 mayoral election.¹
 

Footnote: 

#. First author First name Last name and second author First name Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), Page.

Example:

1. Peter Gourevitch and James Shinn, Political Power and Corporate Control: The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005), 59.

Reference:

First author Last name, First name, and second author First name Last name. Title: Subtitle. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:

Gourevitch, Peter, and James Shinn. Political Power and Corporate Control: The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005.

In-Text Citation: 

Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Example:

The theory that the Renaissance marked a radical break with previous history is now discounted by many, notably by Sadie Hawkins in her book The Myth of the Renaissance.³
 

Footnote: 

#. First author First name Last name et al., Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication), Page.

Example:

3. Camilla de La Bédoyère et al., A Brief History of Art (London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2006), 101.

Note: For more than three authors, list all of the authors in the bibliography; in the footnote, list only the first author, followed by et al. ("and others").

Reference:

First Author Last name, First name, remaining authors’ First name Last name. Title: Subtitle. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:

De la Bédoyère, Camilla, Ihor Holubizky, Julia Kelly, Michael Kerrigan, James Mackay, William Matar, Tom Middlemos, Michael Robinson, and Iain Zaczek. A Brief History of Art. London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2006.

In-Text Citation: 

Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Example:

There have been substantial increases in literacy in Cameroon in the last forty years, according to the United Nations Social and Economic Council.³
 

Footnote: 

#. Organisation, Title (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page.

Example:

3. World Bank, Strategies for Sustainable Financing of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2008), 11.

Reference: 

Organisation. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:

World Bank. Strategies for Sustainable Financing of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2008.

In-Text Citation: 

Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Example:

Spellman has documented how Cockney rhyming slang enjoyed a revival in the nineteen-sixties.¹
 

Footnote: 

#. Editor(s) First name Last name, eds, Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication).

Example:

 1. Craig Colhoun and Brian S. Turner, eds, The Sage Handbook of Sociology (London: Sage, 2005).

Reference: 

Editor(s) Last name, First name and editor First name Last name, eds. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:

Colhoun, Craig and Brian S. Turner, eds. The Sage Handbook of Sociology. London: Sage, 2005.

In-Text Citation: 

Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Example:

According to Michael Sheringham in Restless Cities, the rubbish or waste of a city can be seen as a sort of archive.²
 

Footnote: 

#. First Author(s) First name Initials Last name, “Title of Chapter,” in Book Title, ed. First name Initials Last name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication), Page.

Example:

2. Michael Sheringham, “Archiving,” in Restless Cities, ed. Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart (London: Verson, 2010), 9.

Reference: 

Author(s) Last name, First name Initial(s). “Title of chapter.” In Book Title, edited by First name Last name, Pages. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:

Sheringham, Michael. “Archiving.” In Restless Cities, edited by Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart, 10-24. London: Verso, 2010.

In-Text Citation:

Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Example: 

Hartmann and Henderson have argued that the rate of infant mortality in fifth-century Athens has been considerably overestimated.³

Footnote:

#. Author(s) First name Last name, Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), Edition. url (if available).

Example:

3. Lesley A. Beaumont, Childhood in ancient Athens: iconography and social history (London: Routledge, 2012), accessed May 27, 2013. http://lib.myilibrary.com/Open.aspx?id=428492

Note: If a book is available in print and online you must cite the version of the book you consulted for your work. You should include an access date if recommended by your School, Discipline or Publisher. Also note that a place of publication may not be available for an e-book. If this is the case, write "n.p." ("no place") where you would have recorded the place of publication.
 

Note on URLs: To get a shorter URL, go to the eBook itself and see if a shortened URL is provided. This is sometimes called a citable link or something similar.

Reference:

Author(s) Last name, First name. Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Edition. Accessed Month Day, Year. url (if available).

Example:

Beaumont, Lesley A. Childhood in ancient Athens: iconography and social history. London: Routledge, 2012. Accessed May 27, 2013.  http://lib.myilibrary.com/Open.aspx?id=428492