Books
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Last Edited: 2010-01-08 01:48:26
General Model for Citing Books in the Chicago NB System
Footnote or Endnote (N):
1. Firstname Lastname, Title of book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.
Corresponding Bibliographical Entry (B):
Lastname, Firstname. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Book by One Author
N:
1. William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! (New York: Vintage Books, 1990), 271.
B:
Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom!. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.
Book by Two or Three Authors
N:
2. Scott Lash and John Urry, Economies of Signs & Space (London: SAGE Publications, 1994), 241-251.
B:
Lash, Scott and John Urry. Economies of Signs & Space. London: SAGE Publications, 1994.
Translated Work with One Author
N:
3. Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch, translated by Gregory Rabassa (New York: Pantheon Books, 1966), 165.
B:
Cortázar, Julio. Hopscotch. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.
Book with Author and Editor
N:
4. Edward B. Tylor, Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization, edited by Paul Bohannan (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964), 194.
B:
Tylor, Edward B. Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization, edited by Paul Bohannan. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964
Article, Chapter, Essay, Short Story, etc., in an Edited Collection
N:
5. Peter Chilson, “The Border,” in The Best American Travel Writing 2008, edited by Anthony Bourdain (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008), 46.
B:
Chilson, Peter. “The Border.” In The Best American Travel Writing 2008, edited by Anthony Bourdain, 44-51. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Introduction in a Book
N:
6. Steven Pinker, introduction to What is Your Dangerous Idea?, edited by John Brockman (New York: Harper Perennial, 2007), xxv.
B:
Pinker, Steven. Introduction to What is Your Dangerous Idea?, edited by John Brockman. New York: Harper Perennial, 2007.
