How to cite a Project Gutenberg book in Chicago Style?
Answer
Chicago Style* recommends citing a Project Gutenberg book as follows:
Footnotes:
Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of Book (Original Publication Place, Original Publication Date; Project Gutenberg, Publication Date), chapter number, URL.
Henry Robert, Robert's Rules of Order: Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies (Chicago, 1876; Project Gutenberg, November 13, 2004), https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9097.
Bibliography:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Original Publication place, Original Publication Date; Project Gutenberg, Publication Date. URL.
Robert, Henry. Robert's Rules of Order: Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies. Chicago, 1876; Project Gutenberg, November 13, 2004. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9097.
*Chicago recommends using a Google Books/Hathitrust version over Project Gutenberg books as books found through Google Books or Hathitrust are considered more authoritative copies of the book and have page numbers that more accurately direct a reader to information.
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