What does an in-text citation look like in Book History?

Book History is a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

How can I generate a Book History citation?

Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Book History as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

Book History Citation Generator

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Book History citation examples

Book History is a note-based style: it has no reference list, and every citation is a footnote. Here is our sample journal article cited in Book History:

Footnote (journal article): Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

About Book History

Citation style for Book History. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Book History: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Book History style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: history, humanities and literature.

Formatting rules: Book History follows the formatting of Chicago Notes Classic, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Book History generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Book History" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Book History

What is Book History?: Citation style for Book History. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Book History?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Book History style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Book History?: Book History is a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, no. 3 (2021): 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
How can I generate a Book History citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Book History as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

CitationEasy supports many citation styles from around the world. Our generator uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles from the official CSL repository.