AMA (11th ed.) Style Guide: Book (7 or more authors)

BASIC COMPONENTS (Book with 7 or More Authors)

• FIRST AUTHOR NAME [comma] SECOND AUTHOR NAME [comma] THIRD AUTHOR NAME [comma] et al [period]
• TITLE OF BOOK [period]
• EDITION (if any) [period]
• PUBLISHER NAME [semicolon]
• YEAR OF COPYRIGHT [period]

For e-books, add the following:

• DATE OF ACCESS [period]
• URL

 

ARRANGING AND FORMATTING COMPONENTS

AUTHOR NAMES

Last name first, followed by first initial and (if given) additional initials. No blank space between initials.

      EXAMPLES 

Cooper T
Berben SAA
Gausche-Hill M
de la Peña SK

List only the first three authors. Separate names with a comma. Do not add the word "and" before the final author name. Add a comma and the phrase "et al" after the third author, followed by a period.

      EXAMPLES 

Mohammed WS, Al-Makramani BMA, Mehta V, et al.

Williams J, Gustafson M, Bai Y, et al.

Villegas-Aguilar E, Ropero-Padilla C, Martin-Ibañez L, et al.

 

TITLE OF BOOK

Italicize the full title. Capitalize the first letter of major words. Articles, conjunctions, prepositions (3 or fewer letters), and the "to" in infinitives should all remain in lowercase. End with a period.

      EXAMPLES 

Everything I Know About Women I Learned From My Tractor.

How to Preserve Animal and Other Specimens in Clear Plastic.

Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics.

Electricity in Gynaecology: The Practical Uses of Electricity in Diseases of Women.

Knitting With Dog Hair: Better a Sweater From a Dog You Know and Love Than From a Sheep You'll Never Meet.

 

EDITION (if any)

Include edition information when given. Present numbers as ordinals--2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. Do not superscript the letters (2^nd = wrong; 2nd = right). Add the abbreviation "ed" followed by a period.

      EXAMPLES 

7th ed.

21st ed.

Rev ed.

5th rev ed.

Updated ed.

 

PUBLISHER NAME

Include the publisher's name as given on the title page, modifying it as follows:

• Abbreviate corporate words (Company, Corporation, etc.). Do not add a period.
• Remove the period from existing corporate abbreviations such as Co., Corp., Inc., Ltd.
• Remove periods from initials.
• Remove commas.
• Remove the word "the" if it's the first word in the name.
• Replace the word "and" with an ampersand (&).

Add a semicolon following the publisher's name.

      EXAMPLES 

Springer Pub. Co.  ►►►  Springer Pub Co;

W.W. Norton & Company   ►►►  WW Norton & Co;

Holt, Rinehart and Winston   ►►►  Holt Rinehart & Winston;

Neil M. Davis Associates  ►►►  Neil M Davis Associates;

The University of Chicago Press  ►►►  University of Chicago Press;

 

YEAR OF COPYRIGHT OR PUBLICATION DATE

Include the year of copyright/publication, followed by a period.

      EXAMPLES 

2020.

1953.

2001.

 

DATE OF ACCESS / URL (e-books only)

Include the word "Accessed" followed by the date of access (month day [comma] year) and a period. Do not abbreviate the month. Then add a stable URL for the book. Do not include a period after the URL.

      EXAMPLES 

Accessed September 14, 2016. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-84954-2

Accessed June 5, 2021. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/writing-the-north-of-england-in-the-middle-ages/29AA7816EAC2F439455E0C6D288658EB

Accessed February 29, 2020. https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/538289f7-0248-48ff-aac3-3bdfecfecb8b

 

SAMPLE REFERENCES (Book with 7 or More Authors)

Cullen DR, Fenter K, Garrett B, et al. Window to the World. 2nd ed. 9A Press; 2020.

Engelen E, Ertürk I, Froud J, et al. After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform. Oxford University Press; 2011. Accessed February 10, 2012. https://academic.oup.com/book/34598

Kunz CL, Schmedemann DA, Erlinder CP, et al. The Process of Legal Research. Little Brown & Co; 1986.

Olle TW, Hagelstein J, MacDonald IG, et al. Information Systems Methodologies: A Framework for Understanding. 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley; 1991.