Chicago 18 bibliography: cite a book

Year at the end

In a notes-and-bibliography entry for a book, the year does not follow the author. The entry gives the author, the italicized title, the edition, and then the publisher with the year after a comma. A note for the same book uses a different order and punctuation, so keep this entry for the bibliography.

For Stone's book, the bibliography line on this page is: Stone, Maya. A Small Book. 2nd ed. Example Press, 2024.

Book steps in the workbench

After you press Create reference, a status line asks you to review the reference against your source and institution instructions. Any later change to a field clears the entry, and Copy reference stays disabled until you create it again, so the copied text always matches the form.

• Choose Chicago 18 bibliography entry, Authored book and Print version.
• Type Stone into Family name and Maya into Given names. The bibliography reads its title from Reviewed title-case title, so put A Small Book there and A small book in Source title.
• Type 2 in Numbered edition; the entry prints 2nd ed. A first edition is not printed.
• Add Example Press and 2024, and leave Publication or institution city/place empty.
• Press Create reference.

Why the city field matters

The page records no city for this book, and the entry has none. If a city is typed, the workbench prints it before the publisher, as in London: Example Press, 2024. Load a fictional example for this source kind fills London for you, so clear it if you want to reproduce this example. The Citelle app likewise prints its City field before the publisher in Chicago.

Notes for this book in Citelle

Chicago (notes) is part of Citelle Pro. With it selected for a bibliography, Copy citation gives the bibliography entry with italics, and Copy in-text gives a shortened-note text of author and short title, Stone, A Small Book. In plain text the italics on the short title are lost, so add them in your document. The app finds the edition from an ISBN through Open Library when you use Scan barcode.

Changing a bibliography's style in the app reformats every entry at once, so you can compare the author-date and bibliography forms of the same book.

Typical book slips

• Placing the year right after the author, as in author-date style.
• Using the bibliography entry as a footnote.
• Naming an ebook platform as the publisher.
• Recording a new printing as a new edition.
• Copying an edition number from a library catalogue that describes a different copy.

Gather the source details

• Check the exact author or editor role.
• Record the complete book title and the edition used.
• Verify the publication year and publisher.
• Keep the publication place only when the selected convention requires it.

Author

Maya Stone

Title as supplied

A small book

Publication year

2024

Publisher

Example Press

Edition

2

Tools

• Open the reference workbench

Sources

• Chicago18: Notes and bibliography examples

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