FAQ: How do I cite a book or eBook in Chicago Style?

Notes and Bibliography

Books by a Single Author

General Format

1. AuthorFirstName AuthorLastName or name of the institution if no author, Title of Work including subtitle (Publisher, Year), page(s).

For Example

2. Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown (Pantheon Books, 2020), 45.

Shortened Notes

3. Yu, Interior Chinatown, 48.

Corresponding Bibliography Entry

Yu, Charles. Interior Chinatown. Pantheon Books, 2020.

eBooks

General Format

3. AuthorFirstName AuthorLastName or name of the institution if no author, Title of Work including subtitle ( Publisher, Year), page(s), Database Name or URL.

For Example

3. Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, 2nd ed. (University of Chicago Press, 2023), 92, EBSCOhost.

Shortened Notes

9. Borel, Fact-Checking

Corresponding Bibliography Entry

Borel, Brooke. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2023. EBSCOhost.

For more information, including how to cite book chapters, multi-volume works, and books by multiple authors please visit the Notes & Bibliography section on Books in the Chicago Style guide.

More information

• Citation Quick Guide This link opens in a new window (Chicago Manual of Style)
• Chicago Style Guide (Shapiro Library)

Disclaimer

This information is intended to be a guideline. Please check with your instructor about the appropriate way to cite sources in your class assignments and projects.