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Chicago Citation Style 17th: A. One Author or Editor

This guide will help you cite sources using the Chicago Citation Style 17th edition.

Book with One Author or Editor (p. 695)

The general format below refers to a book with one author. 
 
If you are dealing with one editor instead of one author, insert the editor's name in the place where the author's name is now, followed by a comma and the word "ed." without the quotation marks.  The rest of the format remains the same.
 
 
 
General Format 
 
 
 
 
      Full Note: 
            1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page #.
 
 
      Concise Note: 
            2. Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Published, Year of Publication. 
 
 
      Bibliography:
             Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
 
 
Example
 
      Full Note:
 
            1. Salman Rushdie, The Ground beneath Her Feet (New York: Henry Holt, 1999), 25. 
 
 
 
 
      Concise Note:
            2. Rushdie, The Ground beneath Her Feet. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.
   
 
 
      Bibliography:
 
    
      

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