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Chicago Citation Style, 18th Edition

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

Indirect Source
(Section 14.160)

To cite a source from a secondary source is generally discourages, as researchers are expected to have examined the works they cite. If an original source is unavailable, however, both the original and secondary source must be listed.

In the example below, a book was quoted in an article, therefor the first part of the citation resembles that of a book while the second (following "quoted in") resembles that of an article. The formats of these parts should change according to the kind of sources being cited.

Example 1 – Secondary Source
N: 1. Jean Riolan, Opuscula Anatomica Nova (M. Flesher, 1649), 44, quoted in Lucian Petrescu, "Descartes on the Heartbeat:
The Leuven Affair," Perspectives on Science 21, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 399.
B: Riolan, Jean. Opuscula Anatomica Nova. M. Flesher, 1649. Quoted in Lucian Petrescu, "Descartes
            on the Heartbeat: The Leuven Affair." Perspectives on Science 21, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 397-428.