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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Book Part (1 author, no editor)

An introductory guide to creating notes and bibliography entries in accordance with the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (2017).

 

 

NOTES ENTRY — Book Part: 1 Author, No Editor

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a part of a book (essay, chapter, poem) written by 1 author. This is NOT for books with an editor(s).


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • AUTHOR'S NAME [comma]
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF CONTENT [comma] [quotation mark]
  • in TITLE OF BOOK in italics
  • [parenthesis] CITY OF PUBLICATION [colon]
  • PUBLISHER [comma]
  • YEAR OF PUBLICATION [parenthesis] [comma]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. Author's Name, "Title of Content," in Title of Book: Which Is in Italics (City: Publisher, Year), Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Hagar Salamon, "Candid Camera: Focusing the Lens on Lost Meats," in Meat Matters: Ethnographic Refractions of the Beta Israel (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2023), 100-101.
  2. Raymond Luczak, "The Maiden," in A Quiet Foghorn: More Notes from a Deaf Gay Life (Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2022), 22-23.
  3. Lesley Harrison, "Iceland Poppy," in Kitchen Music (New York: New Directions, 2023), 48.
  4. John Wade, "In Search of Old London Bridge," in London Curiosities: The Capital's Odd and Obscure, Weird and Wonderful Places (Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword History, 2021), 94.
  5. Jess Zimmerman, "That's What You Think," in Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology (Boston: Beacon Press, 2021), 104-5.

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Book Part: 1 Author, No Editor


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma]
  • [quotation mark] SHORTENED TITLE OF CONTENT [comma] [quotation mark]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. Author's Last Name, "Shortened Title of Content," Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Salamon, "Candid Camera," 107-8.
  2. Luczak, "The Maiden," 25-26.
  3. Harrison, "Iceland Poppy," 48.
  4. Wade, "Old London Bridge," 95.
  5. Zimmerman, "That's What You Think," 111-12.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Book Part: 1 Author, No Editor


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma] AUTHOR'S FIRST NAME [period].
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF CONTENT [period] [quotation mark]
  • In TITLE OF BOOK in italics [comma]
  • FULL PAGE RANGE [period]
  • CITY OF PUBLICATION [colon]
  • PUBLISHER [comma]
  • YEAR OF PUBLICATION [period]


    FORMATTING:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Content." In Title of Book: Which Is in Italics, Full Page Range. City: Publisher, Year.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Salamon, Hagar. "Candid Camera: Focusing the Lens on Lost Meats." In Meat Matters: Ethnographic Refractions of the Beta Israel, 100-108. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2023.

Luczak, Raymond. "The Maiden." In A Quiet Foghorn: More Notes from a Deaf Gay Life, 21-26. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2022.

Harrison, Lesley. "Iceland Poppy." In Kitchen Music, 48. New York: New Directions, 2023.

Wade, John. "In Search of Old London Bridge." In London Curiosities: The Capital's Odd and Obscure, Weird and Wonderful Places, 91-97. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword History, 2021.

Zimmerman, Jess. "That's What You Think." In Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology, 101-18. Boston: Beacon Press, 2021.