CMS--Books

Section 10.6.4.4

Books

Title: Italicize or underline book titles (includingspaces). Include (not italicized or underlined) a second or subsequent edition number after the title.

Publication information: Enclose the location information in parentheses. Begin with the city (written out in full). If the city is notwell known or could be confused with anotheration, add the state (full, not postal abbreviation) for U.S. locations or the country for foreign publishers. End the location information with a colon. Type a space and give thefull name of the publisher followed by a comma, a space, the year,and the closing parenthesis. In each of the following examples, the note form is followed by the bibliography form.

Although a bibliography is not always used, the examples that followshow the bibliographic form after the note form.

Book by One Author

     1.  Alan Lightman, Ancient Light: OurChanging View of the Universe (Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press, 1991), 106.
 
Lightman, Alan. Ancient Light: our Changing
     View of the Universe.  Cambridge, MA:

Harvard University Press, 1991.

Book by Two or More Authors

     1.  Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle, TheSound Patterns of English (New York: Harper &
Row, 1968), 77-81.
 
Chomsky, Noam, and Morris Halle. The Sound
     Patterns of English.  New York: Harper &

Row, 1968.

Edited Book or Anthology

Place the editor or editors (followed by ed. or eds.) in the authorposition.

     1. John L. Spudich and Bruce H. Satir,eds., Sensory Receptors and Signal
Transduction (New York: Wiley-Liss, 1991).
 
Spudich, John L., and Bruce H. Satir, eds.
     Sensory Receptors and Signal Transduction.

New York: Wiley-Liss, 1991.

Book by an Institutional or Organization Author

     1. Council of Biology Editors, ScientificStyle and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors,Editors and Publishers, 6th ed. (Chicago:
Cambridge University Press, 1994), 738.
 
Council of Biology Editors, Scientific Style
     and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors,
     Editors, and Publishers. 6th ed., Chicago:

Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Government Publication

     1. National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration, NASA Pocket Statistics
(Washington, D.C.: Office of Headquarters
Operations, 1991).
 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
     NASA Pocket Statistics. Washington, D.C.:

Office of Headquarters Operations, 1991.

Book with No Listed Author

     1. Waterstone's Guide to Books (London:Waterstone, 1981).
 
Waterstone's Guide to Books.  London:

Waterstone, 1981.

Translation

     1. Werner Heisenberg, The PhysicalPrinciples of the Quantum Theory, trans. Carl
Eckart and Frank C. Hoyt (Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1930).
 
Heisenberg, Werner. The Physical Principles
     of the Quantum Theory. Translated by Carl
     Eckart and Frank C. Hoyt. Chicago:

University of Chicago Press, 1930.

Technical Report

CMS style treats technical reports as books. List any identifyingreport, contract, or series number immediately after the title. If the report has two numbers, givethe one that is the more useful for identification and retrieval.

     1. Chris F. Heohan, Margita C. Liepins,Cynthia A. Meuse, and Marilyn M. Wolfson,
Summary of Triple Doppler Data, Orlando,  1991,
Project Report ATC-186 (Lexington, Mass.: MIT
Lincoln Laboratory, 1992).
 
Heohan, Chris F., Margita C. Liepins, Cynthia
     A. Meuse, and Marylin M. Wolfson. Summary
     of Triple Doppler Data, Orlando, 1991.
     Project Report. ATC-186. Lexington, Mass.:

MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 1992.

Selection in an Edited Book

This type of entry has five parts: (1) the author of the selection; (2) the title of the selection; (3) theword in introducing the title of the edited volume, which is followed byed. (here standing for "edited by") and the name of the editor; (4) the publicationinformation; and (5) the page numbers of the selection.

     1.  Edward D. Lipson and Bruce D. Horwitz,"Photosensory Reception and Transduction," in
Sensory Receptors and Signal Transduction, ed.
John L. Spudich and Bruce H. Satir (New York:
Wiley-Liss, 1991), 1-64.
 
Lipson, Edward D., and Bruce D. Horwitz.
     "Photosensory Reception and transduction."
     In Sensory Receptors and Signal
     Transduction, edited by John L. Spudich
     and Bruce H. Satir, 1-64.  New York:

Wiley-Liss, 1991.

Two or More Works by the Same Author

The full notes are in standard form, but the short forms include a brief title. Format the author'sname in the bibliographic entries in the same style as MLA, and listthe name (or names if there are multiple authors) in the first entry. In subsequent entries, typethree hyphens and a period in placeof the name(s).

     1. Noam Chomsky, "Current Issues inLinguistic Theory," in The Structure of
Language, ed. Jerry A. Fodor and Jerrold J.
Katz (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,
1967), 50-118.
     2. Noam Chomsky, "Degrees of
Grammaticalness," in The Structure of Language,
ed. Jerry A. Fodor and Jerrold J. Katz
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1967),
384-89.
 
Chomsky, Noam. "Current Issues in Linguistic
     Theory." In The Structure of Language,
     edited by Jerry A. Fodor and Jerrold J.
     Katz, 50-118. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
     Prentice-Hall, 1967.
---. "Degrees of Grammaticalness."  In The
     Structure of Language, edited by Jerry A.
     Fodor and Jerrold J. Katz, 384-89.
     Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,

1967.

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