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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 Four to Ten Authors

 

 

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.