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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Book (3 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 3 Authors

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a book written by 3 people and without an editor. This is NOT for citing a part (essay, chapter) in a book.


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S NAME [comma] SECOND AUTHOR'S NAME [comma] and THIRD 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, Second Author's Name, and Third Author's Name, Title of Book: Which Is in Italics (City: Publisher, Year), Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Kaj Johansson, Peter Lundberg, and Robert Ryberg, A Guide to Graphic Print Production (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003), 311.
  2. Jodi A. Hilty, William Z. Lidicker Jr., and Adina M. Merenlender, Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), 45-46.
  3. Heidi Furey, Scott Hill, and Sujata K. Bhatia, Beyond the Code: A Philosophical Guide to Engineering Ethics (New York: Routledge, 2022), 199-200.
  4. Amanullah De Sondy, Michelle A. Gonzalez, and William S. Green, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), 118.
  5. Roger Lundin, Clarence Walhout, and Anthony C. Thiselton, The Promise of Hermeneutics (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 1999), iii.

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Book with 3 Authors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

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


    FORMATTING:

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

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Johansson, Lundberg, and Ryberg, Graphic Print Production, 310.
  2. Hilty, Lidicker, and Merenlender, Corridor Ecology, 46-47.
  3. Furey, Hill, and Bhatia, Beyond the Code, 102-3.
  4. De Sondy, Gonzalez, and Green, Judaism, 119.
  5. Lundin, Clarence, and Thiselton, Promise of Hermeneutics, iv.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Book with 3 Authors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S LAST NAME [comma] FIRST AUTHOR'S FIRST NAME [comma] SECOND AUTHOR'S NAME [comma] and THIRD 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, Second Author's Name, and Third Author's Name. Title of Book: Which Is in Italics. City: Publisher, Year.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Johansson, Kaj, Peter Lundberg, and Robert Ryberg. A Guide to Graphic Print Production. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003.

Hilty, Jodi A., William Z. Lidicker Jr., and Adina M. Merenlender. Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006.

Furey, Heidi, Scott Hill, and Sujata K. Bhatia. Beyond the Code: A Philosophical Guide to Engineering Ethics. New York: Routledge, 2022.

De Sondy, Amanullah, Michelle A. Gonzalez, and William S. Green. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Lundin, Roger, Clarence Walhout, and Anthony C. Thiselton. The Promise of Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 1999.