eBook
Ebooks/Books Consulted in an Electronic Format (14:58)
To cite a book consulted online, include either a URL, DOI or the name of the database. For downloadable ebook formats, name the format; if no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section title or a chapter or other number in the note (or simply omit). For citing a place rather than a publisher for books published before 1900 see 14:31.
Rule for Notes
#. Author's First and Last Names, Book Title: Book Subtitle (Publisher's Name, Publication Date) Page/Chapter/Section Number, Platform Name/DOI/URL.
Example Notes
- M Eugene Boring, Mark: A Commentary. New Testament Library. (John Knox Press, 1993), ProQuest eBook Central.
- Garry Worete Deverell and Anne Pattel-Gray, Contemplating Country: More Gondwana Theology, (Wipf & Stock, 2023), Chap 6, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3713503.
- Chung Hyun Kyung, Struggle to Be the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women's Theology, (Orbis Books, 1990), 72, https://archive.org/details/struggletobesuna00chun.
Example Shortened Notes
- Chung, Struggling to Be the Sun, 144.
- Boring, Mark: A Commentary, 7.
Rule for Bibliography
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Platform Name/DOI/URL.
Example of Bibliography Entries
Chung, Hyun Kyung. Struggling to Be the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women's Theology. Orbis Books, 1990. https://archive.org/details/struggletobesuna00chun.
Boring, M. Eugene. Mark: A Commentary. John Knox Press, 1993. ProQuest eBook Central.
Generate an ebook citation (CMOS 18e · 14.58)
Include a platform/URL/DOI and, if available, a locator (page, chapter, or section).