Chicago Style: Citing Book Sections

• One part of book by single author
• Article or chapter in edited book
• Article that is reprinted in a coursepack
• Article in reference book
• Introduction, preface, forward, afterword

One Part of a Book with a Single Author

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Vincent Lam, "A Long Migration," in Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (Doubleday, 2005), 102.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Lam, "A Long Migration," 104.

Bibliography

LastName, FirstName. "Article or Chapter Title." In Title of Book. Page Range. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example

Lam, Vincent. "A Long Migration." In Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, 101-117. Doubleday, 2005.

Notice:

The title of the section of the larger book is placed in quotation marks. The title of the book as a whole is written in italics.

• Guidelines for citing works with more than one author:
  1. Two or three authors: First Author Last Name, First Name, and Second/Third Author First Name Last Name.
     1. Example: Sadker, Myra, and David Sadker.
  2. Four to ten authors: List all authors in bibliography: First Author Last Name, First Name, Second Author First Name Last Name, Third Author First Name Last Name, . . . and Final Author First Name Last Name
     1. Example: Boyer, Paul, Clifford Clark, Joseph Kett, Neil Salisbury, and Harvard Sitkoff.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

When citing a chapter or article in a book that contains works by many different authors, list the author and title of the chapter or article that you are using first. The editor/editors of the book as a whole are listed after the title of the book.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Olga Andriewsky, "The Paradoxes of Reform: Higher Education in Post-Soviet Ukraine," in Society in Transition: Social Change in Ukraine in Western Perspectives, ed. Wsevolod Isajiw (Canadian Scholars' Press, 2003), 255.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Andriewsky, "The Paradoxes of Reform," 259.

Bibliography

LastName. FirstName. "Article or Chapter Title." In Title of Book, edited by Editor's Names. Page Range. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example

Andriewsky, Olga. "The Paradoxes of Reform: Higher Education in Post Soviet Ukraine." In Society in Transition: Social Change Ukraine in Western Perspectives, edited by Wsevolod Isajiw, 239-268. Canadian Scholars' Press, 2003.

Notice:

The title of the chapter or article is listed in quotation marks. The title of the book is in italics.

• Guidelines for citing works with more than one author:
  1. Two or three authors
  2. Four to ten authors
• If there is more than one editor of the book, use the abbreviation "eds." in the footnote/endnote.
• In the bibliography, the first and last pages of the article are included just before the city of publication.

Article that is Reprinted in a Coursepack

The Chicago Manual of Style does not provide specific information about how to cite an article that has been reprinted in your course reader.

Some professors recommend that you cite the full publication information as it is provided in the table of contents of the coursepack. Then provide information about the coursepack. If you use this method, the page numbers should be from the course reader (rather than the original). We give an example of this form below.

However, some professors might prefer that you use the original citation information (as it is listed in the table of contents) along with the original page numbers. Ask your professor if he or she has a preference.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. R.M. Galois, “The Indian Rights Association, Native Protest Activity and the ‘Land Question’ in British Columbia,” Native Studies Review 8 (1992), in History 1500 Coursepack, ed. James Smith (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Incorporated), 20.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Galios, "The Indian Rights Association," 12.

Bibliography

Author's Name: Last Name First. "Article or Chapter Title." Title of Journal Volume Number (Year of Publication). In Title of Coursepack, edited by editor of coursepack, page range. City: Publisher, year.

Example

Galois, R.M. “The Indian Rights Association, Native Protest Activity and the ‘Land Question’ in British Columbia.” Native Studies Review 8 (1992). In History 1500 Coursepack, edited by James Smith. 18-25. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press Incorporated, 2012.

Article in a Reference Book

When citing a reference book (such as a dictionary or encyclopedia) that is arranged alphabetically, list the location of the information by the term that it is listed under. The term is preceded by s.v. (which stands for "sub verbo" or "under the word."). The 18th edition now recommends the use of "under" rather than "s.v." but "s.v." is still acceptable. The term is put in quotation marks.

For example, if you were citing information from the definition of the word heresy, your footnotes/bibliography would follow the format below.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Canadian Oxford Dictionary, ed. Katherine Barber (Oxford: Oxford Press, 2001), under "heresy."

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Canadian Oxford Dictionary, under "heresy."

Bibliography

Title of Book. Edited by Editor's Name. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example

Canadian Oxford Dictionary. Edited by Katherine Barber. Oxford Press, 2001.

Introduction, Preface, Forward, Afterward by Someone Other than the Author of the Book

When citing an introduction or afterward that is written by someone other than the author of the book, begin the reference with the name of the person who wrote the introduction or afterward rather than the author of the book as a whole.

First Footnote/Endnote

1. Linda Lear, introduction to Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson (Houghton Mifflin, 2002), x.

Subsequent Footnotes/Endnotes

2. Lear, introduction to Silent Spring, x.

Bibliography

Section Author's Name: Last Name First. Introduction/Preface/Afterword to Title of Book, by Author of book. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example

Lear, Linda. Introduction to Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Notice:

1. In the 18th edition, the page number is no longer required for the bibliographic entry of an introduction, preface, forward, or afterword.