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You may need to consult more than one section of Re:cite to accurately represent the source used. Your citation may look different depending on the number of authors it has. Check the frequently asked questions about Chicago B page for further advice.


In-text citation

In-text citation examples

In a major study (Hunter 2015)…

OR

Bryzgel (2017) argued…

OR (if paginated)

Hunter (2015, 8) describes…

OR (if not paginated)

Bryzgel (2017, chap. 5) outlines the impact...

Reference list

Reference list template

Author Surname, First Name. Year of publication. Title of Book. Publisher. URL/DOI/Format/Device/Database name.

Reference list examples

Hunter, Victoria, ed. 2015. Moving Sites: Investigating Site-Specific Dance Performance. Taylor & Francis Group. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unimelb/detail.action?docID=2005377.

Bryzgel, Amy. 2017. Performance Art in Eastern Europe since 1960. Manchester University Press. www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvnb7qtg.

Tips for this reference type

  • See Manual 14.60, 14.59 and 14.58. Also refer to 14.1 for adapting examples to Chicago B.
  • For books with more than one author, consult the About Chicago B page.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style no longer requires the place of publication to be included in most book citations. See Manual 14.30.
  • Include the URL, DOI or other device information as the last part of the citation.
  • Sometimes a suitable URL is not available, or is only for subscribers of the database. In these cases it is appropriate to just include the database name (i.e. eBook Collection) (Manual 14.60).
  • Refer to section and/or chapter headings in lieu of page numbers (Manual 14.59).
  • Cite chapters in edited books as you would a print version.
  • For books requiring a specific device or application to read, you may include that detail in place of a URL or DOI (i.e. Kindle. iBooks. Adobe Digital Editions EPUB) (Manual 14.58).
  • Specify the edition if it is not the first edition.
  • In the bibliography (but not the footnotes), invert the name (i.e. surname, given name).
  • Use the shortened form for second and subsequent footnotes.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)