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Books

On this page:

  • A book with one author
  • A book published in a second or subsequent edition
  • A book by two or three authors
  • A book by four or more authors
  • An edited book
  • A book with no author given
  • A book or work by an association or institution
  • Indirect citations - citations from a secondary source
  • Works by the same first authors, published in the same year.
  • Works by the same author, published in the same year.
  • Citing more than one author at one point in the text

A book with one author

Elements of the citation:First reference

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

Subsequent reference

Author Surname, Title of Book - in italics and shortened if more than 4 words, page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Author Name. Title of Book - in italics. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:First reference
1. Joseph Migga Kizza, Computer Network Security and Cyberethics (Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2002), 35.

Subsequent reference
5. Kizza, Computer Network Security, 39.

Bibliography
Kizza, Joseph Migga. Computer Network Security and Cyberethics. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2002.

A book published in a second or subsequent edition

Elements of the citation: First reference

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

Subsequent reference

Author Surname, Title of Book - in italics and shortened if more than 4 words, page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Author Name. Title of Book - in italics. Number ed. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example:First reference
3. Alan Fenna, Australian Public Policy, 2nd ed. , (Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education Australia, 2004), 42.

Subsequent reference
5. Fenna, Australian Public Policy, 47.

Bibliography
Fenna, Alan. Australian Public Policy. 2nd ed. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education Australia, 2004.

A book by two or three authors

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname and Author Name Surname, 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 Book - in italics and shortened if more than 4 words, page number.

Bibliography

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

Example:First reference
7. Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd, Japan and the Internet Revolution (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), 15.

Subsequent reference
9. Coates and Holroyd, Japan and the Internet, 19.

Bibliography
Coates, Ken and Carin Holroyd. Japan and the Internet Revolution. New York: Palgrave, 2003.

A book by four or more authors

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname et al. , Title of Book - in italics, number ed. (Place of publication: Name of publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Subsequent reference

Author Surname et al. , Title of Book - in italics and shortened if more than 4 words, page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Author Name, Author Name Surname, Author Name Surname and Author Name Surname. Title of Book - in italics. Number ed. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
11. David Besanko et al. Economics of Strategy, 3rd ed. (New York: J. Wiley, 2003), 23.

Subsequent reference
13. Besanko et al. , Economics of Strategy, 37

Bibliography
Besanko, David, David Dranove, Mark Shanley, and Scott Schaefer. Economics of Strategy. 3rd ed. New York: J. Wiley, 2003.

Note: All authors' names are reproduced in full

One volume of a multi-volume work

Example: First reference
9. J. William Pfeiffer, ed. , Theories and Models in Applied Behavioural Science, vol. 4, Organizational (San Diego: Pfeiffer, 1991), 34.

Subsequent reference
11. Pfeiffer, Theories and Models: Organizational, 42.

Bibliography
Pfeiffer, J. William. Theories and Models in Applied Behavioural Science. Vol. 4, Organizational. San Diego: Pfeiffer, 1991.

An edited book

Elements of the citation: First reference

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

Subsequent reference

Editor surname, Title of Book - in italics and shortened if more than 4 words, page number.

Bibliography

Editor Surname, Editor Name, ed. Title of Book - in italics. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
1. Margit Misangyi Watts, ed. , Technology: Taking the Distance out of Learning (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003), 73.

Subsequent reference
4. Watts, Technology, 96.

Bibliography
Watts, Margit Misangyi, ed. Technology: Taking the Distance out of Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

A book with no author given

Elements of the citation: First reference

Title of Book - in italics, number ed. (Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Subsequent reference

Title of Book - in italics and shortened, page number.

Bibliography

Title of Book - in italics. Number ed. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
16. Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, 5th ed. (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996), sec. 9.57.

Subsequent reference
20. Style Manual, sec. 9.59.

Bibliography
Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, 5th ed. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996.

A book or work by an association or institution

Elements of the citation: First reference

Name of Organisation, Title of Book - in italics, number ed. (Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Subsequent reference

Name of Organisation - shortened if appropriate, Title of Book - in italics and shortened, page number.

Bibliography

Name of Organisation. Title of Book - in italics. Number ed. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
21. National Gallery of Australia, The Eye of the Storm: Eight Contemporary Indigenous Artists, 2nd ed. (Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1997),15.

Subsequent reference
27. National Gallery of Australia, Eye of the Storm, 19.

Bibliography
National Gallery of Australia. The Eye of the Storm: Eight Contemporary Indigenous Artists, 2nd ed. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1997.

Indirect citations - citations from a secondary source

These occur when you choose to cite the work of an author using a reference/citation made by another author i.e. you do not examine the original work.Details of both the original and secondary source must be listed.

Example: Secondary sources cited in your notes
1. Sheila Allen, "Some Theoretical Problems in the Study of Youth,"Sociological Review 16, no. 3 (1968): 1, quoted in Johanna Wyn and Rob White, Rethinking Youth (St Leonards, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 1997), 8.

Bibliography
Allen, Sheila. "Some Theoretical Problems in the Study of Youth." Sociological Review 16, no. 3 (1968): 1. Quoted in Johanna Wyn and Rob White. Rethinking Youth. St Leonards N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1997, 8.

Works by the same first authors, published in the same year.

Single author entries come first in the bibliography

Example:
Robbins, Stephen. P. Organizational Behaviour. 11th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2004.

Robbins, Stephen P. and David A. DeCenzo. Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2004.

Works by the same author, published in the same year.

In your bibliography, order these works alphabetically according to the title of the work. Ignore any initial "The", "A" or "An" in the title. A dash replaces the repeated author name

Example:
Blainey, Geoffrey. Black Kettle and Full Moon: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia. Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin/Viking, 2003.

----. The Rush the Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. 5th ed. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2003.

Citing more than one author at one point in the text

Several citations can be included in a single footnote, separated by a semi-colon.

Example: Multiple references cited in your notes
1. Zygmunt Bauman, Globalization and Culture (Oxford: Polity Press, 1999), 6; John Tomlinson Globalization: The Human Consequences (London: Routledge, 1999), 11.

Multiple references cited in your bibliography (Create separate entries).
Bauman, Zygmunt. Globalization and Culture. Oxford: Polity Press, 1999.
Tomlinson, John. Globalization: The Human Consequences. London: Routledge, 1999.

 

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.

 

Chicago journal style examples

Journal articles

On this page:

  • Print version
  • Accessed from a database in the same format as the original (PDF)
  • Accessed from a website in the same format as the original (PDF)
  • Accessed from a website in a format different from the print version (HTML) - may not give page numbers, or page range.
  • Accessed from a site which provides an electronic- only version of a journal
  • Articles by the same author

Print version

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname and Author Name Surname, "Title of Article - in double quotation marks," Title of Journal - in italics volume number, no. issue number (Year of publication): page number.

Subsequent reference

Author surname, "Shortened title," page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Name and Author Name Surname. "Title of Article - in double quotation marks." Title of Journal - in italics Volume number, no. issue number (Year of publication): page range of article

Example: First reference
1. Mihir Parikh and Sameer Verma, "Utilizing Internet Technologies to Support Learning: An Empirical Analysis," International Journal of Information Management 22, no. 1 (2002): 31.

Subsequent reference
4. Parikh and Verma, "Utilizing Internet Technologies," 43.

Bibliography
Parikh, Mihir and Sameer Verma. "Utilizing Internet Technologies to Support Learning: An Empirical analysis." International Journal of Information Management 22, no. 1 (2002): 27-46.

Accessed from a database in the same format as the original (PDF)

Example: First reference
5. Jeff Bennett, "Environmental Values and Water Policy," Australian Geographical Studies 41, no. 3 (2003): 239, http://www.catchword.com/.

Subsequent reference - shortened format
7. Bennett, "Environmental Values," 247.

Bibliography
Bennett, Jeff. "Environmental Values and Water Policy." Australian Geographical Studies 41, no. 3 (2003): 237-250. http://www.catchword.com/.

Note: Provide the URL of the main entrance to the database service. An access date may be added in parentheses at the end of the citation.

Accessed from a website in the same format as the original (PDF)

Example: First reference
9. Tim Sprod, "Philosophy, Young People and Well-being," Youth Studies Australia 18, no. 2 (1999): 13, http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ysa/articles/ysa_pdfs/ysa-v18n2pp12-16.pdf.

Subsequent reference
11. Sprod, "Philosophy, Young People," 15.

Bibliography
Sprod, Tim. "Philosophy, Young People and Well-being." Youth Studies Australia 18, no. 2 (1999): 12-16. http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ysa/articles/ysa_pdfs/ysa-v18n2pp12-16.pdf.

Accessed from a website in a format different from the print version (HTML) - may not give page numbers, or page range.

Example: First reference
15. Deborah Valentine, "Access to Higher Education: A Challenge to Social Work Educators," Journal of Social Work Education 40, no. 2 (2004), under "Effects and Consequences," http://www.cswe.org/publications/jswe/04-2editorial.htm.

Note:As individual page numbers are not available, a subheading can be used as a locator within the article.

Subsequent reference
18. Valentine, "Access to Higher Education."

Bibliography
Valentine, Deborah. "Access to Higher Education: A Challenge to Social Work Educators." Journal of Social Work Education 40, no.2 (2004). http://www.cswe.org/publications/jswe/04-2editorial.htm.

Accessed from a site which provides an electronic- only version of a journal

Example: First reference
9. Monica Keneley, "The Dying Town Syndrome: A Survey of Urban Development in the Western District of Victoria 1830 - 1930," Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (2004), under "Urban decline 1921 - 1931," http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/keneley3.htm

Note: as individual page numbers are not available, a subheading can be used as a locator within the article.

Subsequent reference
13. Keneley, "The Dying Town Syndrome."

Bibliography
Keneley, Monica. "The Dying Town Syndrome: A Survey of Urban Development in the Western District of Victoria 1830 - 1930." Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (2004). http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/keneley3.htm

Articles by the same first author

Single author entries come first in the bibliography

Example:
Bessant, Judith. "The Question of Public Trust and the Schooling System." Australian Journal of Education 45, no. 2 (2001): 207-226.

Bessant, Judith and Ruth Webber. "Policy and the Youth Sector: Youth Peaks and Why We Need Them." Youth Studies Australia 20, no. 1 (2001): 43-47.

Articles by the same author

Titles by the same author are normally listed alphabetically

Example:
Scutt, Jocelynne A. "Future Access - Discrimination and the Disability Discrimination Act," Access 5, no.3 (2003): 6-10.

Scutt, Jocelynne A. "Without Precedent: Sex/gender Discrimination in the High Court." Alternative Law Journal 28, no. 2 (2003):pp. 74-77.

 

Chicago newspaper style examples

Newspaper articles

Author known

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname, "Title of Article,"Newspaper name - in italics (City of publication), Month day, Year of publication, edition number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Name. "Title of Article." Newspaper name - in italics (City of publication), Month day, Year of publication, edition number.

Example: First reference
1. Stephen Cauchi, "World's Green Markers on the Brink," Age (Melbourne), October 16, 2004, first edition.

Subsequent reference
4. Cauchi, "World's Green Markers".

Note: Because there may be several editions of the paper on one day, with items moved or eliminated, page numbers are best omitted. Adding the name of the newspaper section, and the edition, may be useful.

Bibliography
Cauchi, Stephen. "World's Green Markers on the Brink." Age (Melbourne), October 16, 2004, first edition.

Notes: An initial "The" in the newspaper title is omitted. Unless it is obvious from the newspaper name, the city of publication should be added, in brackets, after the newspaper title, e.g. Age (Melbourne).

Unsigned articles

Unsigned articles can be cited directly in the text, (in brackets), or cited briefly in a note. They are not normally included in the bibliography.

Example:
5. Courier Mail (Brisbane), December 3, 2004.

Newspaper article accessed from a database - format not identical to original

Include the URL of the main entrance of the database service, as well as edition and section details.

Example:
6. Henry Gee, "A Breed Apart," Age (Melbourne), October 29, 2004, first edition, A3. http://global.factiva.com

Bibliography
Gee, Henry. "A Breed Apart." Age (Melbourne). October 29, 2004, first edition, A3. http://global.factiva.com

 

Chicago conference style examples

Conference papers

Published paper

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname, "Title of Paper," in Conference Proceedings name - in italics (Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Subsequent reference

Author Surname, "Title of Paper - shortened," page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Name. "Title of Paper." In Conference Proceedings name - in italics. Place of publication: Name of Publisher, Year of publication.

Example: First reference
1. Mick Common, "The Role of Economics in Natural Heritage Decision Making," in Heritage Economics: Challenges for Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Society for Ecological Economics Conference, Canberra, 4 July 2000 (Canberra: Australian Heritage Commission, 2001), 22.

Subsequent reference
4. Common, "Role of Economics," 25.

Bibliography
Common, Mick. "The Role of Economics in Natural Heritage Decision Making." In Heritage Economics: Challenges for Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Society for Ecological Economics Conference, Canberra, 4 July 2000. Canberra: Australian Heritage Commission, 2001.

Unpublished paper

Example:
6. Anna Byas , "Family Law: Old Shadows and New Directions" (paper presented to the 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, February 12-14, 2003).

Bibliography
Byas, Anna. "Family Law: Old Shadows and New Directions." Paper presented to the 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, February 12-14, 2003.

 

Chicago statistics style examples

Statistics from ABS

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author - Agency name, Title of Publication - in italics, Catalogue number, Place of publication, Year of publication, page number, name of database URL.

Subsequent reference

Author - agency name, Title of Publication - shortened, page number.

Bibliography

Author - Agency name. Title of Publication - in italics. Catalogue number. Place of publication, Year of publication. Name of database URL.

Example: First reference
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Social Trends in Australia 2004, Cat. no. 4120.0, Canberra, 2004, 192, AusStats http://www.abs.gov.au.

Notes: The name of the AusStats database is given, as subscription to it provides access to ABS publications not freely available on their public website at the same URL. The name of the publisher is omitted, as it is the same as the authoring agency.

Subsequent reference
ABS, Social Trends, 193.

Note: If you use the acronym ABS, include a cross-reference in your bibliography.

Bibliography, Cross references in your bibliography
ABS. See Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Social Trends in Australia 2004. Cat. no. 4120.0. Canberra, 2004. AusStats http://www.abs.gov.au.

 

Chicago encyclopaedia and dictionary style examples

Encyclopaedia and dictionaries

References to well-known encyclopaedia and dictionaries are normally cited in notes, and not in the bibliography.

  • Omit the details of publication, but specify the edition, if it is not the first.
  • References to an alphabetically arranged work do not cite the volume or page number. Instead they cite the item, preceded by s.v. (Latin = "under the word").
Example in footnote:
1.       Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed. , s.v. "Salvation."

Other reference works may be listed with their publication details

Example in footnote:
1. International encyclopedia of business and management, 2nd ed. , ed. Malcolm Warner (London: Thomson Learning, c2002), s.v. "Educational Marketing."

 

Chicago thesis style examples

Theses

Print version

Elements of the citation:First reference

Author Name Surname, "Title of Thesis" (Award/type of thesis, Name of academic institution under whose auspices study was taken, Year of preparation), page number.

Subsequent reference

Author Surname, "Title of Thesis - shortened," page number.

Bibliography

Author Surname, Name. "Title of Thesis." Award/type of thesis, Name of academic institution, Year of preparation.

Example: First reference
1. Maritza Ivonne Byrne, "Self-talk and Test Anxiety" (PhD thesis, Monash University, Melbourne, 1996), 7.

Subsequent reference
5. Byrne, "Self-talk," 10.

Bibliography
Byrne, Maritza Ivonne "Self-talk and Test Anxiety." PhD thesis, Monash University, Melbourne, 1996.

Accessed electronically

Example: First reference
1. Timothy Robert Kurz, "A Psychology of Environmentally Sustainable Behaviour" (PhD thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, 2003), 9. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040428.152013

Subsequent reference
5. Kurz, "Psychology," 13.

Bibliography
Kurz, Timothy Robert. "A Psychology of Environmentally Sustainable Behaviour." PhD thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, 2003. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040428.152013

 

Chicago website style examples

Websites

Elements of the citation: First reference

Agency author of content, "Title of Page," Owner of the site, URL (date of access).

Bibliography

Agency author of content. "Title of Page." Owner of the site. URL.

Example: First reference
1. Therapeutic Goods Administration, "Recalls & Alerts," Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, http://www.tga.gov.au/recalls/index.htm, (accessed December 13, 2004).

Notes: The access date is included if the site is likely to have substantive updates, or includes information which may be time-sensitive, e.g. medical or legal advice.

Site content is best referred to in notes, and a bibliographic entry need not be made.

Bibliography
Therapeutic Goods Administration. "Recalls & alerts." Department of Health and Ageing. Canberra. http://www.tga.gov.au/.

 

Chicago website document style examples

Website documents

Elements of the citation: First reference

Author Name Surname, "Title of Document / page," Owner of site, URL, (date of access).

Bibliography

Author Surname, Name. "Title of Document / page." Owner of site. URL.

Example: First reference
Bruce McGregor, "History of Creek Activism," Friends of Merri Creek, http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fomc/ (accessed December 12, 2004).

Bibliography
McGregor, Bruce. "History of Creek Activism." Friends of Merri Creek. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fomc/.

 

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