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Chicago Style Citation Guide - Humanities

One Author

Endnote/Footnote

13. Brett L. Walker, A Concise History of Japan (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 221.

Bibliography

Walker, Brett L. A Concise History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 

Last Name, F.M. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Two to Three Authors

 

Note: In the bibliography, only the first author’s name is inverted.

 

Endnote/Footnote

14. Greg Cook and Joan Littlefield Cook, The World of Children (Boston: Allyn & Beacon, 2010), 437-38.

Bibliography

Cook, Greg, and Joan Littlefield Cook. The World of Children. Boston: Allyn & Beacon, 2010.

Last Name, F.M, and First Name Last Name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR.

Four to Ten Authors

 

Note: For sources with four to ten authors, all names are usually listed in the bibliography. In the notes, only the first author’s name is listed, followed by ‘et al.’

 

Endnote/Footnote

15. H. J. de Blij et al., Physical Geography: The Global Environment (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2009), 19.

Bibliography

Blij, H. J. de, Peter O. Muller, Richard S. Williams Jr., Cathy T. Conrad, and Peter Long. Physical Geography: The Global Environment. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Last Name, F.M., First Name Last Name, First Name Last Name, First Name Last Name, and First Name Last Name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Editor in Place of Author

Endnote/Footnote

16. Glenn Adamson, ed., The Craft Reader (Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), 504.

Bibliography

Adamson, Glenn, ed. The Craft Reader. Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Last Name, F.M, ed. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Translated Works

Endnote/Footnote

17. Carlo Rovelli, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, trans. Simon Carnell and Erica Segre (New York: Riverhead Books, 2016), 29.

Bibliography

Rovelli, Carlo. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre. New York: Riverhead Books, 2016.

Last Name, F.M. Book Title. Translated by First Name Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR.

Books With Author Plus Editor or Translator

 

Note: When there is an editor/translator/etc. in addition to the author, “edited by”, “translated by”, etc., are usually spelled out in full in the bibliography and abbreviated (ed., trans.) in notes.

 

Endnote/Footnote

18. Satoko Oki, Listen to the Voice of the Earth: Learn About Earthquakes to Save Lives, trans. Takako Iwaki (Tokyo: Kumon Publishing, 2011), 27.

Bibliography

Oki, Satoko. Listen to the Voice of the Earth: Learn About Earthquakes to Save Lives. Translated by Takako Iwaki. Tokyo: Kumon Publishing, 2011.

Last Name, F.M. Book Title. Translated by First Name Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Book Chapter or Essay/Short Story/Poem in an Anthology or Edited Volume

Endnote/Footnote

19. Kristen Hall, “Selling Lysol as a Household Disinfectant in Interwar America,” in Consuming Modernity: Gendered Behaviour and Consumerism Before the Baby Boom, ed. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and Dan Malleck (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013), 54.


Bibliography

Hall, Kristen. “Selling Lysol as a Household Disinfectant in Interwar America.” In Consuming Modernity: Gendered Behaviour and Consumerism Before the Baby Boom, edited by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and Dan Malleck, 55-76. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013.

Last Name, F.M. "Title of Essay/Short Story/Poem." Book Title. edited by First Name Last Name, pages. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Corporate Author

Endnote/Footnote

20. United Nations, The Blue Helmets: A Review of United Nations Peace-Keeping, 3rd ed. (New York: United Nations Department of Public Information, 1996), 719-20.

Bibliography

United Nations. The Blue Helmets: A Review of United Nations Peace-Keeping. 3rd ed. New York: United Nations Department of Public Information, 1996. 

Corporate Name. Book Title. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Books With Multiple Editions

Endnote/Footnote

 

21. James Morris et al., Biology: How Life Works, 2nd ed. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2016), 57.

Bibliography

Morris, James, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, and Robert Lue. Biology: How Life Works. 2nd ed. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2016. 

Last Name, F.M. First Name Last Name, First Name Last Name, and First Name Last Name. Book Title. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR. 

Introduction, Preface, or Afterword in a Book

Endnote/Footnote

22. Eric Maskin, foreword to Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good, by Christian Felber, trans. Susan Nurmi (London: Zed Books, 2015), xxv.

Bibliography

Maskin, Eric. Foreword to Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good, by Christian Felber, x-xxvi. Translated by Susan Nurmi. London: Zed Books, 2015.

Last Name, F.M. Foreword to Book Title, by First Name Last Name, pages. Translated by First Name Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, YEAR.