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Chicago Referencing Guide: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionary or encyclopedia entry (with author)

Format

Author's Last Name, First Name. Year. "Title of Entry in Title Case." In Title of Encyclopedia in Italic Title Case, edition, edited by Editor's First Name Last Names, page numbers. Place of Publication: Publisher. URL or DOI (formatted as https://doi.org/10####)

Reference List

Howitt, R., S. Muller, and S. Suchet-Pearson. 2009. "Indigenous Geographies A2." In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, edited by Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift. Oxford: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00705-7.

 

 

In-Text

...(Howitt, Muller and Suchet-Pearson 2009).

OR

Howitt, Muller and Suchet-Pearson (2009) ...

 

Notes

  • If published online and appears to be continuously updated or modified add note before the url e.g. Isaacson, Melissa. 2005. “Bulls.” In Encyclopedia of Chicago, edited by Janice L. Reiff, Ann Durkin Keating, and James R. Grossman. Chicago Historical Society, accessed July 10, 2024, http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/184.html.

Dictionary or encyclopedia entry (no author)

Format

Title of Dictionary/Encyclopedia in Italics Title Case. Year. Edition., s.v. "Titlle of Entry in Title Case." Place of Publication: Publisher. URL

Reference List

West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. 2nd ed., s.v. "North Atlantic Treaty Organization." Detroit: Thompson Gale.

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In-Text

... (West's Encyclopedia of American Law 2005).

West's Encyclopedia of American Law (2005) ...

 

Notes

  • When there is no author listed, the title of the encyclopedia goes in the in-text citation instead.
  • The abbreviation 's.v' stands for the Latin phrase 'sub verbo', which means "under the word", and is used to identify the article title when there is no author listed.
  • If published online and appears to be continuously updated add: accessed Month Day, Year, before the url e.g. Merriam-Webster, s.v. “app (n.),” accessed April 6, 2016, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/app.