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Book with one author

Entry in Footnotes

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

For example - Footnotes

First entry

2. Note number Kristin Otto,Author Yarra: A Diverting History Title of Book (italicized) (Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2009),Place of publication, Publisher and year (in brackets) 12.page number(s)

Second and subsequent entries

13. Note number Otto,Author Yarra,Shortened Title of Book (italicized) 43.page number(s)

Entry in Bibliography

Author. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, year.

For example - Bibliography

Otto, Kristin. Author (surname, given name) Yarra: A Diverting History. Title of Book (italicized) Melbourne: Place of publication Text Publishing,Publisher 2009.Year of publication

Style Notes

Specify the edition if it is not the first edition.
In the bibliography (but not the footnotes), invert the name (i.e. surname, given name).
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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