Books in Chicago/Turabian Style
Below, you will see examples of books cited in the Chicago/Turabian style, in both print and electronic formats. For more information on how to read these examples, see the Getting Started page of this LibGuide (see the tabs to the left.)
Examples of Books
Example Item
Electronic books are treated the same as regular books. The only exception is that you include the format of the book at the end (such as Kindle, EPUB, etc.).
When citing a specific part of an ebook, it is best practice to give the chapter or section. If possible, also provide the page number. Otherwise, include the chapter number.
Making Broadway Dance by Call Number: Main Library Stacks, GV1782.5 .G46 2022Also available online; accessible on campus or with NetID.
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Format.
EXAMPLE:
Gennaro, Liza. Making Broadway Dance. New York: Oxford Academic, 2021. CARLI Ebooks: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Chapter or Page Number, Format.
EXAMPLE:
1. Liza Gennaro, Making Broadway Dance (New York: Oxford Academic, 2021), CARLI Ebooks: Oxford Scholarship Online.
See Also: CMoS 14.171 - Journal Volume, Issue, Date
CMoS 14.159 - EBooks
CMoS 14.161 - Books Viewed Online
CMoS 14.162 - Free Books Viewed Online (Such as Project Gutenberg)
CMoS 14.160 - Determining Page Numbers for Electronic Books
Example Item
Electronic books are treated the same as regular books. The only exception is that you include the format of the book at the end (such as Kindle, EPUB, etc.).
When citing a specific part of an ebook, it is best practice to give the chapter or section. If possible, also provide the page number. Otherwise, include the chapter number.
A Latin American Music Reader by Online resource; accessible on campus or with NetID
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. URL or DOI.
EXAMPLE:
León. Javier. A Latin America Music Reader: Views from the South. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2016. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt18j8x33.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Chapter or Page Number, URL or DOI.
EXAMPLE:
1. Javier León, A Latin America Music Reader: Views from the South (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2016), 42, https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt18j8x33.
See Also: CMoS 14.159 - EBooks
CMoS 14.161 - Books Viewed Online
CMoS 14.162 - Free Books Viewed Online (Such as Project Gutenberg)
CMoS 14.160 - Determining Page Numbers for Electronic Books
Example Item
The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-Three Discussions by Call Number: ML3798 .N38S78 2015
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of book. Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Nettl, Bruno. The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-Three Discussions. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of book (Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. Bruno Nettl, The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-Three Discussions (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015), 35.
See Also: CMoS 14.75 - One Author
Example Item
Elements of Sonata Theory by Call Number: MT62 H47E4
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name and Author First Name Author Last Name. Title of book. Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Hepokoski, James and Warren Darcy. Elements of Sonata Theory: norms, types, and deformations in the late eighteenth-century sonata. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name and Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of book (Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy, Elements of Sonata Theory: norms, types, and deformations in the late eighteenth-century sonata (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 46.
See Also: CMoS 14.76 - Two or More Authors or Editors
Example Item
The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook by Call Number: ML2075 .R688 2012
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name, ed(s). OR comp(s). OR trans. Title of book. Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Wierzbicki, James, Nathan Platte and Colin Rost, eds. The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, eds. OR trans. Title of book, (Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. James Wierzbicki, Nathan Platte and Colin Rost, eds. The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook (New York: Routledge, 2012), 70.
See Also: CMoS 14.103 - Book with Editor or Translator
Example Item
Theory of Harmony by Call Number: 781.3 SCH6HEC
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of book. Translated OR Edited by First Name Last Name. Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Schoenberg, Arnold. Theory of Harmony. Translated by Roy E. Carter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of book, trans. OR ed. First Name Last Name (Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. Arnold Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, trans. Roy E. Carter (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978), 22.
See Also: CMoS 14.104 - Book with Author AND Editor or Translator
Example Item
Bach Perspectives, Volume 8 by Call Number: ML410.B13 B224v.8
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Editor of Collection Last Name, Editor of Collection First Name. Title of Volume. Volume Number of Title of Multivolume, edited by Name of Volume Editor. Publication Location: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Melamed, Daniel R. J. S. Bach and the Oratorio Tradition. Vol. 8 of Bach Perspectives, edited by George B. Stauffer. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Volume Author First Name Volume Author Last Name, Title of Volume Work, Volume Number of Title of Multivolume Work, ed. Name of Editor (Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. Daniel R. Melamed, J. S. Bach and the Oratorio Tradition, vol. 8 of Bach Perspectives, ed. George B. Stauffer (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011), 37.
See Also: CMoS 14.119 - Bibliography for Book with Volume
CMoS 14.118 - Citing a Volume in a Note
CMoS 14.122 - Authors and Editors of Multivolume Works
Example Item
Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries by Call Number: ML197 .A915M8 2013
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Work. Title of Series. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Auner, Joseph. Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Western Music in Context. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of Work, Title of Series (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number.
EXAMPLE:
1. Joseph Auner, Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Western Music in Context (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013), 57.
See Also: CMoS 14.123 - Citing a Book in a Series
Example Item
A History of Western Music by Call Number: ML160 .G87H5 2014
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of book. Edition. Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music. Ninth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of book, Edition (Publication location: Publisher,
Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca, A History of Western Music, Ninth Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014), 78-80.
See Also: CMoS 14.113 - Book with an Edition Other than First
Example Item
Rethinking Music by Call Number: ML3797.1 R37
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Book chapter." In Title of book, translated OR edited by First Name Last Name, page range. Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Weber, William. "The History of Musical Canon." In Rethinking Music, edited by Nicholas Cook and Mark Everist, 336-355. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, "Book chapter" in Title of Book, ed. OR trans. First Name Last Name (Publication location: Publisher, Date of Publication), Page Number.
EXAMPLE:
1. William Weber, "The History of Musical Canon," in Rethinking Music, eds. Nicholas Cook and Mark Everist (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 340.