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Cite in Chicago Style AD (18th edition): References: Books

General Format

Notes:

  • A References page at the end of the document has full citations in alphabetical order formatted with a hanging indent. 

Rules for multiple-authors:

  • If there are one to two authors, list all of them in the References list and in the in-text citation. 
  • If there are three to six authors, list all of them in the References entry; in the in-text, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”).
  • If there are more than six authors, list the first three in the References, followed by et al.; in the in-text, list only the first, followed by et al.

Books

Author Last Name, First Name and Second Author First Name Last Name. Publication Year. Book Title: Subtitle. Publisher. URL/DOI.

Brown, Lyle C. and Kyle Miller. 2018. Practicing Texas Politics. Cengage Learning. 

Read, Peter, and Marivic Wyndham. 2016. Narrow But Endlessly Deep: The Struggle for Memorialisation in Chile since the Transition to Democracy. 1st ed. ANU Press. https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_612752.

Book Chapters

Author Last Name, First Name and Second Author First Name Last Name. Publication Year. “Book Chapter Title.” In Title of Book, edited by Firstname Lastname. Publisher. URL/DOI/Medium.

Samples, John. 2006. “The Origins of Modern Campaign Finance Law.” In The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform, edited by Sierra Schuman. University of Chicago Press.