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Citing Alternate Formats - Chicago Style

Article in Reference Book / Encyclopedia (18th ed)

The information on this page has been updated to reflect the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (2024). Note that s.v. is no longer needed, but replaced with the english 'under'.

Well-known reference books, such as major dictionaries and encyclopedias (e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica),  are normally cited only in notes and not in bibliographies. (See example 1 below.)

Other lesser-known encyclopedias and dictionaries should include publication details in both notes and a bibliography. (See example 2 below)

Authored entries may be cited using individual entries by author, similar to contributions to a multi-author book, and should also be included in a bibliography. (See examples 3 and 4 in chart below)

In physical edition citations, the edition number (if not the first) and the date the volume or set that was issued must be specified.

For references to an alphabetically arranged work, cite the item (not the volume or page number) after the word 'under'. 

[14.130-14.131]

Notes

Well known

     #. Title of Reference Work, xth ed.. (Year of Publication), under "search term."   
Lesser known      #. Title of Reference Work, Editor/Compiler First-Name Last-Name (Publisher, Year), under "search term."
Authored entries      #. Author First-Name Last-Name, "Title of Article," in Title of Reference Work, edited by Editor First-Name Last Name, ed. #, vol. # (Publisher, Year), page number/s.
  OR see examples below
Entries without an author
 

Well-known dictionaries and encyclopedias, print

Note:      1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed. (1980), under “salvation.”
  Lesser-known reference works, print
Note:

     2. Cassell's Italian Dictionary: Italian-English, English-Italian, comp. Piero Rebora (Macmillan, 1967), under "rapicare."

Authored entries including Grove
  Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, print
Note and
Subsequent note 

     3. Edward Strickland, "Glass, Philip, " in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, eds. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell, 2nd ed., vol. 9 (Macmillan, 2001), 933.

     4. Strickland, "Glass, Philip," 933.

  Encyclopedia with titled volume, print
Note:

     5. Angela Impey, "Popular Music in Africa," in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, ed. Ruth Stone, vol. 1, Africa (Garland Publishing, 1998), 419-21.

 Consulted online
  Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online)
Note and
Subsequent
Note:

     6. Charles Bodman Rae, "Lutosławski, Witold," in Grove Music Online, ed. Deane Root, accessed February 27, 2018, https://doi-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17226.

     7. Bodman Rae, "Lutosławski, Witold," n.p.

  Authored entry, accessed online [as per 14.132]
Note:

      8. Dismas Masolo, “African Sage Philosophy,” in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University, 1997), published February 14, 2006; last modified February 22, 2016, https://plato-stanford-edu.uml.idm.oclc.org/archives/spr2016/entries/african-sage/.

  Well-known, accessed online [Typically only in notes, not bibliography, as per 14.131]
Note:      9. Merriam-Webster, under “muse,” accessed February 1, 2018, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muse.
  Lesser-known, accessed online [Typically only in notes, not bibliography, as per 14.131]
Note:

     10. OnMusic Dictionary, under "Dynamics," last modified May 24, 2016, https://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/1259-dynamics.

 

Bibliography

Well known Commonly used dictionaries and encyclopedias not cited in bibliographies - see comments at top of page.
Lesser known

Title of Reference Work, Edited / Compiled by First-Name Last-Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Authored entries

Author Last-Name, First-Name. "TItle of Article." In Title of Reference Work. Edited by Editor First-Name Last-Name. Edition #. Vol. #. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

  OR see examples below
Entries without an author
  Lesser-known, print
Bib:

Cassell's Italian Dictionary: Italian-English, English-Italian. Compiled by Piero Rébora. New York: Macmillan, 1967.

Authored entries
  Grove, etc., print
Bib:

Strickland, Edward. "Glass, Philip." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. 2nd ed. Vol. 9. London: Macmillan, 2001. 932-36.

Consulted online
  Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online)
Bib:

Rae, Charles Bodman. "Lutoslowski, Witold." In Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2001. Last modified 2001. https://doiorg.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17226.

 

No author, online [see Notes section above]