THE ALMY LIBRARY
GUIDE TO CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE CITATIONS
models for citing an ebook with an editor instead of an author
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Footnote
1 Firstname Lastname, ed., Title of Book (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, ed. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Name of Database or Type of Media. Access date.
URL.
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Note
For the footnote and bibliography use “ed.” for editor. 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 an ebook with an editor instead of an author
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Footnote
1 Leonard S. Klein, ed., Latin American Literature in the 20th Century, (New York: Ungar, 1986), 144, Discovery, accessed on January 7, 2021, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e089mna&AN=1299627&site=eds-live.
2 Klein, Latin American Literature, 145.
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Bibliography
Klein, Leonard S., ed. Latin American Literature in the 20th Century. New York: Ungar, 1986. Discovery. Accessed on January 7, 2021.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e089mna&AN=1299627&site=eds-live.
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