Second edition = 2nd ed.
Third edition = 3rd ed.
Fourth edition = 4th ed.
Revised edition = rev. ed. (Note) or Rev. ed. (Bibliography)
General Format
Full Note:
1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, Book Title: Subtitle, edition (Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
Concise Note:
2. Author Surname, Book Title, page #.
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. Book Title: Subtitle. Edition. Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year.
Example
Full Note:
1. Daniel Rhodes, Clay and Glazes for the Potter, rev. ed. (Iola, WI: Krause
Publications, 2000), 85.
Concise Note:
2. Rhodes, Clay and Glazes, 85.
Bibliography:
Rhodes, Daniel. Clay and Glazes for the Potter. Rev. ed. Iola, WI: Krause Publications,
2000.
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This guide is intended to cover only the Notes and Bibliography system for citing books.
For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and a specific example will be provided.
The following format will be used:
Full Note - use the first time that you cite a source.
Concise Note - use after the first time you cite a source.
Bibliography - use when you are compiling the Bibliography that appears at the end of your paper.
Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.).
Numbers in parentheses refer to specific sections and pages in the manual.