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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Book (2 authors)

An introductory guide to creating notes and bibliography entries in accordance with the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (2017).

 

 

NOTES ENTRY — Book with 2 Authors

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a book written by 2 people and without an editor. This is NOT for citing a part (essay, chapter) in a book.


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S NAME and SECOND AUTHOR'S NAME [comma]
  • TITLE OF BOOK in italics
  • [parenthesis] CITY OF PUBLICATION [colon]
  • PUBLISHER [comma]
  • YEAR OF PUBLICATION [parenthesis] [comma]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. First Author's Name and Second Author's Name, Title of Book: Which Is in Italics (City: Publisher, Year), Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Mike Goldsmith and Tom Jackson, Computer (New York: DK, 2011), 39-40.
  2. Eden Unger Bowditch and Salima Ikram, Fun Things to Do with Dead Animals: Egyptology, Ruins, My Life (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2018), 190.
  3. Leo Diaz and Thomas Milligan, Antenna Engineering Using Physical Optics: Practical CAD Techniques and Software (Boston: Artech House, 1996), 217-19.
  4. Amanda Lollar and Barbara Schmidt-French, Captive Care and Medical Reference for the Rehabilitation of Insectivorous Bats (Mineral Wells, TX: Bat World, 1998), 12.
  5. Kent H. Redford and William M. Adams, Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021), xiii-xiv.

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Book with 2 Authors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S LAST NAME and SECOND AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma]
  • SHORTENED TITLE OF BOOK in italics [comma]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. First Author's Last Name and Second Author's Last Name, Shortened Title of Book in Italics, Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Goldsmith and Jackson, Computer, 36-37.
  2. Bowditch and Ikram, Fun Things, 180.
  3. Diaz and Milligan, Antenna Engineering, 201-2.
  4. Lollar and Schmidt-French, Captive Care, 11.
  5. Redford and Adams, Strange Natures, v-vi.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Book with 2 Authors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma] FIRST AUTHOR'S FIRST NAME [comma] and SECOND AUTHOR'S NAME [period]
  • TITLE OF BOOK in italics [period]
  • CITY OF PUBLICATION [colon]
  • PUBLISHER [comma]
  • YEAR OF PUBLICATION [period]


    FORMATTING:

First Author's Last Name, First Author's First Name, and Second Author's Name. Title of Book: Which Is in Italics. City: Publisher, Year.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Goldsmith, Mike, and Tom Jackson. Computer. New York: DK, 2011.

Bowditch, Eden Unger, and Salima Ikram. Fun Things to Do with Dead Animals: Egyptology, Ruins, My Life. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2018.

Diaz, Leo, and Thomas Milligan. Antenna Engineering Using Physical Optics: Practical CAD Techniques and Software. Boston: Artech House, 1996.

Lollar, Amanda, and Barbara Schmidt-French. Captive Care and Medical Reference for the Rehabilitation of Insectivorous Bats. Mineral Wells, TX: Bat World, 1998.

Redford, Kent H., and William M. Adams. Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021.