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Chicago Citation Style, 18th Edition

A University of Lethbridge Library guide to Chicago Manual of Style citations.

One Author or Editor
(Sections 14.3 and 14.5)

For books published after 1900, the author's name and the title of a book should be cited according to how each appears on the title page. In a bibliography entry, the author's name is normally inverted, with their last name appearing first. For additional considerations, see 13.74-13.76 (names) and 13.87-13.101 (titles).

Example 1 – One Author (published after 1900)
N: 1. Barnett R. Rubin, Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2013), 378.
B: Rubin, Barnett R. Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror. Oxford University Press, 2013.

 

For books published before 1900, the city of publication is typically of greater interest than the name of the publisher; it is therefore preferable to omit publishers' names and instead include only a place and date of publication. See the Manual, 14.30 and 14.31.

Example 2 – One Author (published before 1900)
N: 1. Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (Salisbury, 1766), 100.
B: Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Salisbury, 1766.

 

When no author appears on the title page, list the work by the name(s) of the editor(s), compiler(s), or translator(s).

Example 3 – One Editor
N: 1. R. G. Frey, ed., Utility and Rights (University of Minnesota Press, 1984), 95.
B: Frey, R. G., ed. Utility and Rights. University of Minnesota Press, 1984.