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Chicago Manual of Style

Book with an Organization as the Author (Sec. 13.86)

Note:
  • If a publication issued by an organization, association, or corporation carries no personal author’s name on the title page, the organization is listed as author in a bibliography, even if it is also given as publisher. (See 13.86(
 
General Format 
Full Note: 

1. Organization Name, Book Title: Subtitle of the Book (Publisher, Year), page #.

 
Example:

1. World Health Organization, WHO Editorial Style Manual (World Health Organization, 1993), 34. 

 
Subsequent Note: 

2. Organization Name, Book Title, page #. 

 
Example:

2. World Health Organization, WHO Editorial Style, 34.

 
Bibliography:

Organization Name. Book Title: Subtitle of the Book. Publisher, Year.

  
Example:

World Health Organization. WHO Editorial Style Manual. World Health Organization, 1993.