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Chicago Style Guide

Books

Footnote
1. Author's First Name Last Name, Title of Book (Location: Publisher, Year), page.

Bibliography
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Location: Publisher, Year.

 

Footnote

Bibliography

Book

1. Laurie Adams, A History of Western Art (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011), 256.

Adams, Laurie. A History of Western Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Books with more than 3 authors

5. Geraldo Lopez et al., China and the West (Boston: Little Brown, 2004), 481.

Lopez, Geraldo, Judith P. Salt, Anne Ming, and Henry Reisen. China and the West. Boston: Little Brown, 2004.

EBook

Include doi or URL

2. Michiel Horn, Academic Freedom in Canada: A History (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), 128. doi: 469060.

Horn, Michiel. Academic Freedom in Canada: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. doi: 469060. 

Encyclopedia

The abbreviation "s.v." (sub verbo, "under the word") means the article's title is not signed

3. Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. "eugenics."

Encyclopedia and Dictionary entries do not usually appear in the bibliography

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