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Chicago 18 bibliography: cite a edited-book chapter
Reference a chapter by its own author in an edited book for a Chicago 18 bibliography, with edited by Leo Rowan and the year after the publisher.
The chapter in a bibliography
For a separately authored chapter, the bibliography entry starts with the chapter author and the chapter title in quotation marks. The italicized book title follows In, then the editor with edited by, and finally the publisher and year. The 18th-edition example on this page does not need the chapter's full page range.
In a bibliography, Stone's chapter appears as: Stone, Maya. “A Sample Chapter.” In Collected Sample Studies, edited by Leo Rowan. Example Press, 2024.
Chapter input
The Separately authored book chapter kind needs both a container and at least one editor; without either, the entry is held and the missing field is named in the list below the form.
- Pick Chicago 18 bibliography entry and Separately authored book chapter.
- Enter Maya Stone as author and Leo Rowan in the Editors, in source order group. That group appears only for chapters and conference papers.
- Type A sample chapter and A Sample Chapter, then Collected Sample Studies as Containing work or site.
- Add Example Press and 2024. Leave pages and city empty to match the example.
- Press Create reference.
Adding pages or place
Unlike the APA, MLA, IEEE and NLM chapter cases, the Chicago chapter case in the workbench accepts an empty page range. When you do type 12-18, it is printed after the editor, and a city typed into Publication or institution city/place is printed before the publisher. Both are fine if your instructions ask for them; leave them out to match this page.
The chapter in Citelle
In the app choose Book chapter, which shows the Editors section, the Book title field and Pages. In Chicago (notes), a Pro style, Copy in-text gives Stone, “A Sample Chapter.” as a shortened-note text; add the page you cite. The app sorts a Chicago bibliography by the first author's family name, or by title when a source has no author.
On the Edit source screen, the Book title field holds Collected Sample Studies, and the app sets it in title case for Chicago when the title is in English.
Chapter role errors
- Putting Leo Rowan in the author position because the editor's name is on the cover.
- Citing the chapter as a book when it was written by a different person from the editor.
- Treating every chapter of a single-author book as a separate contribution.
- Using the whole book's pages as the chapter range.
- Writing the editor's name inverted, Rowan, Leo, in the edited by part; only the first chapter author is inverted.
Gather the source details
- Confirm that the chapter has its own author.
- Record the chapter title and containing book title separately.
- Record the book editor and publisher.
- Check the chapter’s published page range and any required edition details.
- Author
- Maya Stone
- Title as supplied
- A sample chapter
- Publication year
- 2024
- Containing work or site
- Collected Sample Studies
- Editor
- Leo Rowan
- Publisher
- Example Press
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