Bibliography Guide > How to write a bibliography in Chicago style? > A book in a Chicago style citation
A Chicago style citation for a book.
Here’s what’s needed for a Chicago style bibliography when you are citing a book.
Author name
Editor name
Title
Page numbers
Publisher
Place of publication
Publication year
Edition
Volume number
Here’s an example of a book in Chicago Humanities style.
Jaffe, Mark. The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science. New York: Crown Publishers
The same publication facts are used in Chicago Scientific, but formatted a little differently, as you can see below.
Jaffe, Mark. 2000. The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science. New York: Crown Publishers.
