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To cite a book or eBook chapter in Chicago, include information about the chapter as well as information about the book. 

Typically a book chapter is individually cited when each chapter is written by a different author(s), referred to as an edited book, and the entire book is cited when the chapters are all written by the same author(s).

Chapter from an Edited Print Book

Footnote

1. Chapter Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Editor First Name Last Name (Publication Place: Publisher, Publication/Copyright Date), Page Number.

1. Arthur Phillips, "The Cultural Cringe (1950)," in Meanjin Anthology, ed. Sally Heath (Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2012), 31.

Bibliography

Chapter Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book, edited by Editor First Name Last      Name, Page Range for Chapter. Publication Place: Publisher, Publication/Copyright Date.

Phillips, Arthur. "The Cultural Cringe (1950)." In Meanjin Anthology, edited by Sally Heath, 31-37. Melbourne:      Melbourne University Publishing, 2012.

Chapter from an Edited eBook from a Library Database

Footnote

1. Chapter Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Editor First Name Last Name (Publication Place: Publisher, Publication/Copyright Date), Page Number, URL.

1. Arthur Phillips, "The Cultural Cringe (1950)," in Meanjin Anthology, ed. Sally Heath (Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2012), 31, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/marist-ebooks/reader.action?docID=1074383&ppg=30.

Bibliography

Chapter Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book, edited by Editor First Name Last      Name, Page Range for Chapter. Publication Place: Publisher, Publication/Copyright Date. URL.

Phillips, Arthur. "The Cultural Cringe (1950)." In Meanjin Anthology, edited by Sally Heath, 31-37. Melbourne:      Melbourne University Publishing, 2012. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/marist-      ebooks/reader.action?docID=1074383&ppg=30.

Chapter from an Edited eBook from E-Readers (Kindle, Nook, iBooks, etc.,)

Footnote

1. Chapter Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Editor First Name Last Name (Publication Place: Publisher, Publication/Copyright Date), page numbers or chap. #/page #, name of e-reader.

1. Arthur Phillips, "The Cultural Cringe (1950)," in Meanjin Anthology, ed. Sally Heath (Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2012), chap. 5, Kindle.

Bibliography

Chapter Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book, edited by Editor First Name Last      Name, Page Range for Chapter or Chapter #. Publication Place: Publisher, Publication/Copyright Date.      Name of e-reader.

Phillips, Arthur. "The Cultural Cringe (1950)." In Meanjin Anthology, edited by Sally Heath, chap. 5.      Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2012. Kindle.

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