Chicago Citation Style 17th Edition

Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in The Chicago Manual (17th ed.) 

General Format

1. Author First Name Surname, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.

2. Author Surname, Book Title, page #. 

Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example

1. Salman Rushdie, The Ground beneath Her Feet (New York: Henry Holt, 1999), 25. 

2. Rushdie, The Ground beneath, 28.

Rushdie, Salman. The Ground beneath Her Feet. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.

Tips

See The Chicago Manual (pp. 799-828) for more information and examples on citing books.

General Format

1. Author First Name Surname, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), Format, page #.

2. Author Surname, Book Title, page #. 

Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Format.

Example 1

1. William Rayner, Canada on the Doorstep: 1939 (Toronto: Dundurn, 2011), Ebrary e-book, 93.

2. Rayner, Canada on the Doorstep, 93

Rayner, William. Canada on the Doorstep: 1939. Toronto: Dundurn, 2011. Ebrary e-book.

Example 2

1. Elliot Antokoletz, Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365825.001.0001.

2.  Antokoletz, Musical Symbolism.

Antokoletz, Elliot. Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195365825.001.0001.

Tips

See The Chicago Manual for more information and examples on citing e-books requiring a specific application or device (pp. 824-25) and books consulted online (pp. 826-27).

Page numbers may vary based on the e-book viewer used. In these cases it is preferred to use chapter or paragraph numbers if they are provided (eg. chap. 2 or para. 11).

General Format

1. Author First Name Surname, "Chapter Title in Quotation Marks," in Book Title: Subtitle, ed. Editor First Name Surname (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.

2. Author Surname, "Chapter Title in Quotation Marks," page #. 

Author Surname, First Name or Initial. "Chapter Title in Quotation Marks." In Book Title: Subtitle, edited by Editor First Name Surname, page range of chapter. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example

1. Bob Stewart, "Wag of the Tail: Reflecting on Pet Ownership," in Enriching Our Lives with Animals, ed. John Jaimeson, Tony Bannerman and Selena Wong (Toronto, ON: Petlove Press, 2007),100. 

2. Stewart, "Wag of the Tail," 102.

Stewart, Bob. "Wag of the Tail: Reflecting on Pet Ownership." In Enriching Our Lives with Animals, edited by John Jaimeson, Tony Bannerman and Selena Wong, 97-105. Toronto, ON: Petlove Press, 2007.

Tips

See The Chicago Manual (p. 803) for more information on citing one contribution in a multi-author book.

See The Chicago Manual (pp. 799-828) for more information and examples on citing books.

Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in The Chicago Manual (17th ed.) 

General Format

1. Author First Name Surname, "Title of Entry," in Title of Reference Book, edited by Editor First Name Surname (Publisher, Year), URL.

2. Author Surname, "Title of Entry."

Author Surname, First Name. "Title of Entry." In Title of Reference Book, edited by Editor First Name Surname. Publisher, Year. URL.

Examples

1. Sylvia Bruzzi, "Sainthood," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, edited by Natana J. DeLong-Bas (Oxford University Press, 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/acref:oiso/9780199764464.001.0001.

2. Bruzzi, "Sainthood."

Bruzzi, Sylvia. "Sainthood." In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, edited by Natana J. DeLong-Bas. Oxford University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref:oiso/9780199764464.001.0001.

Tips

See The Chicago Manual (pp. 858-59) for more information on reference book entries, online, with author and editor.

This format would also work as a base to cite reference works from Credo Reference.

If there is no publication or revision date, supply an access date instead.

"s.v." stands for sub verbo, which means "under the word." It is used to refer to an entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia.