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Chicago Citation

A guide to citing source according to the Chicago Manual of Style

Book Chapter Citation Notes & Format

See sections 14.106–112 (book chapters) and sections 14.232–234 (reference works) in The Chicago Manual for more information.

In addition to elements required for a book, for book chapters include:

  1. Chapter author's name
  2. Chapter title (in quotation marks) followed by in and the citation information for the full book
  3. Inclusive page chapter page numbers (for the bibliography entry)

See also below for citing reference works.

Chapter in a Single-Author Book

There are several options for referencing chapters from a single-author book, both in the notes and in the bibliography. The Chadwick book shows references by page number and the Connelly book shows references by chapter number.

Footnotes (full for first citation then shortened)

1. Owen Chadwick, "The Ecclesiastical Commission," in The Spirit of the Oxford Movement: Tractarian Essays (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 80.
2. Matthew Connelly, "Decoding de Gaulle," chap. 7 in A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
3. Chadwick, "The Ecclesiastical Commission," 78.
4. Connelly, "Decoding de Gaulle," 175–180.

Bibliography

Chadwick, Owen.  "The Ecclesiastical Commission." In The Spirit of the Oxford Movement: Tractarian Essays, 63–85. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Connelly, Matthew. "Decoding de Gaulle." Chap. 7 in A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

or

Connelly, Matthew. A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. See esp. chap. 7, "Decoding de Gaulle."

Chapter in a Multiauthor Book

Footnotes (full for first citation then shortened)

1. George D. Kuh, Polly D. Boruff-Jones, and Amy E. Mark, "Engaging Students in the First College Year: Why Academic Librarians Matter," in The Role of the Library in the First College Year, ed. Larry L. Hardesty (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina), 18.
2. Kuh, Boruff-Jones, and Mark, "Engaging Students," 19–20.

Bibliography

Kuh, George D., Polly D. Boruff-Jones, and Amy E. Mark. "Engaging Students in the First College Year: Why Academic Librarians Matter." In The Role of the Library in the First College Year, edited by Larry L. Hardesty, 17–28. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina.

Entry in a Print Reference Work

Well known references books (such as major dictionaries and encyclopedias) are normally cited only in notes and not in the bibliography (as with note 1). They are also cited in an abbreviated form in notes.

Other works should be cited in full as books (as with note 2) or, with substantial, authored entries as contributions to a multiauthor book (as with note 3).

References to alphabetized entries are preceded by s.v. (singular) or s.vv. (plural) for sub verbo meaning "under the word."

Footnotes

1. Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary (2003), s.v. "lupine."
2. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English, ed. Virginia Blain, Isobel Grundy, and Patricia Clements (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990), s.v. "Day, Dorothy."
3. Robert S. Gottfried, "Climatology," in Dictionary of the Middle Ages, ed. Joseph R. Stayer, vol. 3, Cabala–Crimea (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989), 450.

Bibliography

The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Edited by Virginia Blain, Isobel Grundy, and Patricia Clements. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.

Gottfried, Robert S. "Climatology." In Cabala–Crimea, edited by Joseph R. Stayer, 450–457. Vol. 3 of Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989.

Entry in an Online Reference Work

See notes about print reference works for general guidelines.

Online reference works are generally only cited in notes and not in bibliographies, but substantial, authored entries can be cited like contributions to a multiauthor book and included in the bibliography.

Frequently updated sources, such as Wikipedia, should include any revision date posted on the site (if available) or an access date.

Footnotes

1. Merriam-Webster, s.v. “lupine,” accessed September 6, 2022, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lupine.
2. Oxford English Dictionary Online, s.v. "totalitarianism, n," last modified June 2019, https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/203796?redirectedFrom=totalitarianism&. 
3. Wikipedia, s.v. "Epistemology," last modified August 28, 2022, 23:30, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology.
4. Rosalind Hursthouse and Glen Pettigrove, "Virtue Ethics," in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University, 1997–, article published July 18, 2003; last modified December 8, 2016), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2018/entries/ethics-virtue/.

Bibliography

Hursthouse, Rosalind, and Glen Pettigrove. "Virtue Ethics." In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 1997–. Article published July 18, 2003; last modified December 8, 2016. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2018/entries/ethics-virtue/.