THE ALMY LIBRARY
GUIDE TO CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE CITATIONS
models for citing primary source in an ebook
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Footnote
1 Firstname Lastname, “Title of Primary Source,” in Title of Book, by Firstname Lastname, (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number, Name of Database, accession date, URL.
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Bibliography
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Primary Source.” In Title of Book. By Firstname Lastname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Name
of Database. Accession Date. URL.
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Note
If the ebook has an editor, please include that and replace it in the author section. In the footnote, use the shorthand "ed." but in the bibliography you should write out "edited by."
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examples for a Primary source in An ebook
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Footnote
1 McCoy and Roces, “Philippine Cartoons,” in Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines, by Paul A. Kramer, (North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006), 28, ProQuest Ebook Central, accessed on January, 29, 2021, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bbnslibrary/detail.action?docID=413334.
2 McCoy and Roces, “Philippine Cartoons.”
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Bibliography
McCoy and Roces, “Philippine Cartoons.” In Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines. By Paul A. Kramer. North
Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central. Accessed on January, 29, 2021.
http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bbnslibrary/detail.action?docID=413334.
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