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Book with no author

Entry in Footnotes

1. Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page number(s).

For example - Footnotes

First entry

1. Note number The Gardens of the City of MelbourneTitle of Book (italicized) (Melbourne: City of Melbourne, 1993),Place of publication, Publisher and year (in brackets) 5.page number(s)

Second and subsequent entries

5. Note number Gardens of the City of Melbourne,Shortened Title of Book (italicized) 14.page number(s)

Entry in Bibliography

Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

For example - Bibliography

The Gardens of the City of Melbourne.Title of Book (italicized) Melbourne: Place of publication City of Melbourne,Publisher 1993.Year of publication

Style Notes

Specify the edition if it is not the first edition.
In the bibliography, works without an author should appear alphabetically by the main word of the title (ignore ‘the’, ‘a’ and ‘an’).
Page numbers are not given in the bibliography entry.
Use the shortened form for second and subsequent footnotes.

Chicago general style notes...

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