Software Citation Tools
Word processing programs can help you insert footnotes or endnotes, and manage your references. See online help:
Citing books accessed on ereaders in Chicago style
The Chicago Manual of Style website provides examples of how to cite ebooks on its website under 'Book published electronically'.
In your citation, include the author, title, editor (if there is one), publication information, and the version of the book you consulted. If you used the book online, include the URL. Include an access date only if required by your publisher or discipline. If no fixed pagination is available, include a section title, chapter or other number.
The Manual website offers examples of how to cite ebooks in both the notes and bibliography style and the author-date style. A couple of our own examples are shown below. Consult the Manual's website to see additional examples:
Notes and Bibliography:
1. Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried (Boston: Mariner Books, 1990), Kindle edition.
O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. Boston: Mariner Books, 1990. Kindle edition.
Author-Date:
O'Brien, Tim. 1990. The Things They Carried. Boston: Mariner Books. Kindle edition.
Chicago / Turabian Style: Be sure to check your class syllabus, as well as any documents, announcements, or postings from your instructor for specific information about the assignment. If your instructor recommends using Chicago style citations for your essay or research paper, these resources may be helpful:
Examples: Book Review Sources
Quick Tips
For book reviews: (entry for bibliography)
Bibliography Entry:
Reviewer's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review [if any]." Review of Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, by Book Author/Editor's First Name Last Name. Name of Journal in which review appears Volume Number, no. Issue Number (Date of Publication): First Page Number of Article-Last Page Number of Article. https://doi.org/DOI Number or Name of Database.
- Sample citation from a library database:
Marti, Werner H. 1976. “Review: the Mexican War, 1846-1848, by K. Jack Bauer.” Pacific Historical Review 45 (2): 286–87. https://doi.org/10.2307/3638508.
From the Chicago Manual of Style 18th:
Notes and Bibliography or Author-Date?
In the notes and bibliography system, sources are cited in numbered footnotes or endnotes. Each note corresponds to a raised (superscript) number in the text. Sources are also usually listed in a separate bibliography. The notes and bibliography system, Chicago’s oldest and most flexible, can accommodate a wide variety of sources, including unusual ones that don’t fit neatly into the author-date system. For this reason, it is preferred by many working in the humanities, including literature, history, and the arts.
In the author-date system, sources are briefly cited in the text, usually in parentheses, by author’s last name and year of publication. Each in-text citation matches up with an entry in a reference list, where full bibliographic information is provided. Because it credits researchers by name directly in the text while at the same time emphasizing the date of each source, the author-date system is preferred by many in the sciences and social sciences.
“The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition.” 2024. The Chicago Manual of Style Online. The University of Chicago. 2024. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
Be sure to check with your instructor and follow requirements for your assignment. Check the formatting and make any necessary corrections.
Good examples of how to document sources using Chicago Manual of Style 18th Edition: