THE ALMY LIBRARY
GUIDE TO CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE CITATIONS
model for Preface, forward, or introduction (not written by the author) in an ebook
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Footnote
1 Firstname Lastname, introduction to Title of Book, by Firstname Lastname of book’s author (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number, Name of Database or Type of Media, access date, URL.
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Bibliography
Lastname, Firstname. Introduction to Title of Book, by Firstname Lastname of book’s author, page number. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Name of Database or Type of Media. Access Date. URL.
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Note
Similar to citing the chapter of a book, except the name of the portion being cited is indicated ("introduction" or "preface", for example). Additionally, if you are listing a "Type of Media" (this would be an ebook reader, like a Kindle), you do not need an access date or URL.
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examples of preface, forward, or introduction (not written by the author) in an ebook
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Footnote
1 James Rieger, introduction to Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982), xx–xxi, Discovery, accessed on January 7, 2021. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1086168&site=eds-live.
2 Rieger, introduction, xxxiii.
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Bibliography
Rieger, James. Introduction to Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, xx-xxi. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1982. Discovery. Accessed on January 7, 2021. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1086168&site=eds-live.
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