Chicago bibliography example: Basic format for an online book. The author is listed by last name first. Dewey, John. The book title is italicized and is followed by a period and the original date of publication: Democracy and Education. 1916. The publisher is ILT Digital Classics followed by a comma and the date of online publication, 1994. The URL is followed by a period. http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/dewey.html.