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Chicago 18th edition notes and bibliography

Footnotes and bibliography for the Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition

Book reviews

When citing book reviews, cite by the author of the review and follow applicable guidelines for citing journals.

Type Format
Elements of citation

Author of review --  Title of review (if there is one) -- Title of book -- Author of book -- Journal title (italicised) -- Volume and issue -- Date -- Pages -- URL or DOI (14.100)

Footnote

13. Bonnie N. Field, review of Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960–78, by Pamela Beth Radcliff, Democratization, 19, no. 1 (28 February 2012): 143-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2011.650065.

14. David Kamp, “Deconstructing Dinner,” review of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan, New York Times, April 23, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23kamp.html.

Bibliography

Field, Bonnie N. Review of Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960–78, by Pamela Beth Radcliff. Democratization 19, no. 1 (28 February 2012): 143-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2011.650065.

Kamp, David. “Deconstructing Dinner,” review of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan. New York Times, April 23, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23kamp.html.

EndNote reference type

As EndNote does not have a reference type for book reviews, use either "Journal Article", "Electronic article", or "Newspaper" depending on the publication source and which best output matches Chicago 18th ed.  You may need to add the publication date to the year for it to display.