How do I cite an eBook from the library in Chicago Style?
Answer
Chicago recommends citing an eBook from a library database as follows:
Footnotes:
- Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of Book (Publisher, Publication year), Page number, URL or Database Name.
- Paul Downes, Democracy, Revolution and Monarchism in Early American Literature (Cambridge, 2002), 47, Ebook Central.
Bibliography:
Author last name, Author first name. Book Title. Publisher, Publication Date. URL or
Database Name.
Downes, Paul. Democracy, Revolution and Monarchism in Early American Literature.
Cambridge, 2002. Ebook Central.
This question has been updated to the 18th edition of Chicago Style. If you are using 17th edition, see this Library Handout, Purdue OWL, or contact a librarian.
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