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Chicago Citation Guide

A resource guide to help students using the Chicago Manual of Style citation method.

Book with One Author

Footnote

Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (London: Profile Books, 2014), 79–80.

Shortened Footnote

Gawande, Being Mortal, 191.

Bibliography

Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. London: Profile Books, 2014.

Book with Two or Three Authors

Footnote

Robert S. Cox and Jacob Walker, Massachusetts Cranberry Culture: A History from Bog to Table (Charleston, SC: American Palate, 2012), 42.

Shortened Footnote

Cox and Walker, Massachusetts Cranberry Culture, 112.

Bibliography

Cox, Robert S. and Jacob Walker. Cranberry Culture: A History from Bog to Table. Charleston, SC: American Palate, 2012.

Book with Four to Ten Authors

Footnote

Natalia V. Gmuca et al., “The Fat and the Furriest: Morphological Changes in Harp Seal Fur with Ontogeny,” Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 158.

Shortened Footnote

Gmuca et al., “Harp Seal Fur,” 160.

Bibliography

Gmuca, Natalia V., Linnea E. Pearson, Jennifer M. Burns, and Heather E. M. Liwanag. “The Fat and the Furriest: Morphological Changes in Harp Seal Fur with Ontogeny.” Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 158–66.

Books with 10+ Authors

For works with more than ten authors—more common in the natural sciences—Chicago recommends the policy followed by the American Naturalist: only the first seven should be listed in the bibliography, followed by et al.

Book with Editor

Footnote

Jennifer Egan, ed., The Best American Short Stories, 2014 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014), 100.

Shortened Footnote

Egan, Best American Short Stories, 301–2.

Bibliography

Egan, Jennifer, ed. The Best American Short Stories, 2014. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Book with Translator

Footnote

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, trans. Theodore Silverstein (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974), 34.

Shortened Footnote

Sir Gawain, 38.

Bibliography

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Translated by Theodore Silverstein. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Chapter in a Single Author Book

Footnote

Kate Andersen Brower, “Backstairs Gossip and Mischief,” in The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House (New York: Harper, 2015), 211.

Shortened Footnote

Brower, “Backstairs Gossip and Mischief,” 114.

Bibliography

Brower, Kate Andersen. “Backstairs Gossip and Mischief.” In The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, 207–22. New York: Harper, 2015.

Contribution in a Multi-Author Book

Footnote

Ruth A. Miller, “Posthuman,” in Critical Terms for the Study of Gender, ed. Catharine R. Stimpson and Gilbert Herdt (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014), 325.

Shortened Footnote

Miller, “Posthuman,” 325.

Bibliography

Ellet, Elizabeth F. L. “By Rail and Stage to Galena.” In Prairie State: Impressions of Illinois, 1673–1967, by Travelers and Other Observers, edited by Paul M. Angle, 271–79. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.

Chapter or Other Part of an Edited Collection

Footnote

       Henry David Thoreau, “Walking,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D’Agata (Minneapolis:
       Graywolf Press, 2016), 177–78.

Shortened Footnote

       Thoreau, “Walking,” 182.

Bibliography

        Thoreau, Henry David. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 167–95.
        Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

Letters in Published Collections

Footnote

Adams to Charles Milnes Gaskell, Baden, September 22, 1867, in Letters of Henry Adams, 1858–1891, ed. Worthington Chauncey Ford (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930), 133–34.

Shortened Footnote

Adams to Baden, Letters of Henry Adams,133–34.

Bibliography

Adams, Henry. Letters of Henry Adams, 1858–1891. Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930.

Anonymous Works

Footnote

A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the Degrees Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which It Hath Been Advanced (London, 1610).

Shortened Footnote

A True and Sincere Declaration (London, 1610).

Bibliography

A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the Degrees Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which It Hath Been Advanced. London, 1610.

Electronic Books

Footnote

Adam Begley, Updike (New York: Harper, 2014), 16-24, Kindle.

Shortened Footnote

Begley, Updike, 40.

Bibliography

Begley, Adam. Updike. New York: Harper, 2014. Kindle.