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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide

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

Book With Two Authors

 

 

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.