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Chicago (notes-bibliography) style examples

Book chapters

A chapter in a book

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname and Author Name Surname, "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book - in italics (Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Subsequent reference

Author Surname and Author Surname, "Title of Chapter - shortened," page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Author name and Author Name Surname. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book - in italics. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
1. Johanna Wyn and Rob White, "The Concept of Youth," in Rethinking Youth (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1997), 11.

Subsequent reference
4. Wyn and White, "The Concept of Youth," 17.

Bibliography
Wyn, Johanna and Rob White. "The Concept of Youth." In Rethinking Youth. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1997.

A chapter in an edited book

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author of chapter - Name Surname, "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book - in italics, ed. Editor Name Surname, page number (Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication).

Subsequent reference

Author of chapter Surname, "Title of Chapter - shortened," page number.

Bibliography

Author of chapter Surname, Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book - in italics, edited by Editor Name Surname. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
3. Barry M. Maid, "No Magic Answer," in Technology; Taking the Distance out of Learning, ed. Margit Mesangyi Watts, 21 (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003).

Note: The page reference is inserted before the publishing details.

Subsequent reference
6. Maid, "No Magic Answer," 24.

Bibliographys
Maid, Barry M. "No Magic Answer." In Technology: Taking the Distance out of Learning, edited by Margit Mesangyi Watts. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

 

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