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A Chicago style citation for an encyclopedia article.
Here’s what’s needed for a Chicago style bibliography when you are citing an encyclopedia.
This type of citation is much like a book with a couple of additions.
Author (person or institute)
Editor
Article title
Encyclopedia’s name
Page numbers
Publisher
Place of publications
Publication year
Edition
Volume number
In Chicago Humanities, it would look like this:
“Human Genome Project.” In The Columbia Encyclopedia, ed. Paul Lagasse (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 6:22847.
Chicago Scientific formats it like this:
“Human Genome Project.” In The Columbia Encyclopedia, Paul Lagasse (New York:
Columbia University Press, 2004), 6:22847.
