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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Book (4 to 10 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 4 to 10 Authors

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a book written by 4 to 10 people and without an editor. This is NOT for citing a part (essay, chapter, poem) in a book.


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S NAME et al. [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 et al., Title of Book: Which Is in Italics (City: Publisher, Year), Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Constance Shilling Stevens et al., Unlikely Pursuits (Hutchinson, KS: Wings of Hope, 2016), 19-20.
  2. Robert J. Swartz et al., Thinking-Based Learning: Promoting Quality Student Achievement in the 21st Century (New York: Teachers College Press, 2008), 154.
  3. Wouter Druwé et al., Ius Commune Graeco-Romanum: Essays in Honour of Prof. Dr. Laurent Waelkens (Leuven, Belg.: Peeters, 2019), 200-202.
  4. Pablo Escalante et al., A New Compact History of Mexico (Mexico City: El Colegio de México, 2013), 87.
  5. Robert Cryer et al., An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), xxiv-xxv.

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Book with 4 to 10 Authors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

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


    FORMATTING:

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

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Stevens et al., Unlikely Pursuits, 20-21.
  2. Swartz et al., Thinking-Based Learning, 155.
  3. Druwé et al., Ius Commune Graeco-Romanum, 207-8.
  4. Escalante et al., History of Mexico, 88.
  5. Cryer et al., International Criminal Law, xxv-xxvi.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Book with 4 to 10 Authors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

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

 

    EXAMPLES:

Stevens, Constance Shilling, Kim Vogel Sawyer, Eileen Key, Julane Hiebert, Ralph Vogel, and Jalana Franklin. Unlikely Pursuits. Hutchinson, KS: Wings of Hope, 2016.

Swartz, Robert J., Arthur L. Costa, Barry K. Beyer, Rebecca Reagan, and Bena Kallick. Thinking-Based Learning: Promoting Quality Student Achievement in the 21st Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2008.

Druwé, Wouter, Wim Decock, Paolo Angelini, and Mathias Castelein. Ius Commune Graeco-Romanum: Essays in Honour of Prof. Dr. Laurent Waelkens. Leuven, Belg.: Peeters, 2019.

Escalante, Pablo, Bernardo García Martínez, Luis Jáuregui, Josefina Zoraida Vázquez, Elisa Speckman Guerra, Javier Garciadiego Dantan, and Luis Aboites. A New Compact History of Mexico. Mexico City: El Colegio de México, 2013.

Cryer, Robert, Håkan Friman, Darryl Robinson, and Elizabeth Wilmshurst. An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.