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Chicago (17th ed.) Style Guide: Book Part (4 to 10 authors, no editor)

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 Part: 4 to 10 Authors, No Editor

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a part of a book (essay, chapter) written by 4 to 10 authors. This is NOT for books with an editor(s).


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S NAME et al. [comma]
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF CONTENT [comma] [quotation mark]
  • in 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 Content," in Title of Book: Which Is in Italics (City: Publisher, Year), Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Sasha Romanosky et al., "Internet Freedom Tools Are Countermeasures to the Efforts of Repressive Countries," in Internet Freedom Software and Illicit Activity: Supporting Human Rights without Enabling Criminals (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2015), 9-10.
  2. Muhammad Asif Hanif et al., "Air Pollution and Control Strategies," in Environmental Chemistry: A Comprehensive Approach (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Scrivener, 2020), 101-2.
  3. Sandra Wilson et al., "Japanese Pressure Mounts," in Japanese War Criminals: The Politics of Justice after the Second World War (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017), 200-201.
  4. Will Abberley et al., "Victorian," in Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020: Land Lines (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 105-6.
  5. Eugenio Pellicer et al., "Organising Construction Processes," in Construction Management (Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2014), 8.

 

 

SHORTENED NOTES ENTRY (REPEATED SOURCES) — Book Part: 4 to 10 Authors, No Editor


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST AUTHOR'S LAST NAME et al. [comma]
  • [quotation mark] SHORTENED TITLE OF CONTENT [comma] [quotation mark]
  • PAGE NUMBER(S) [period]


    FORMATTING:

  1. First Author's Last Name et al., "Shortened Title of Content," Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Romanosky et al., "Internet Freedom Tools," 11.
  2. Hanif et al., "Air Pollution," 108-9.
  3. Wilson et al., "Japanese Pressure Mounts," 200-201.
  4. Abberley et al., "Victorian," 84-85.
  5. Pellicer et al., "Organising Construction Processes," 13.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Book Part: 4 to 10 Authors, No Editor


    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]
  • [quotation mark] TITLE OF CONTENT [period] [quotation mark]
  • In TITLE OF BOOK in italics [comma]
  • FULL PAGE RANGE [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 Content." In Title of Book: Which Is in Italics, Full Page Range. City: Publisher, Year.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Romanosky, Sasha, Martin C. Libicki, Zev Winkelman, and Olesya Tkacheva. "Internet Freedom Tools Are Countermeasures to the Efforts of Repressive Countries." In Internet Freedom Software and Illicit Activity: Supporting Human Rights without Enabling Criminals, 9-12. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2015.

Hanif, Muhammad Asif, Farwa Nadeem, Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti, and Hafiz Muhammad Tauqeer. "Air Pollution and Control Strategies." In Environmental Chemistry: A Comprehensive Approach, 71-140. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Scrivener, 2020.

Wilson, Sandra, Robert Cribb, Beatrice Trefalt, and Dean Aszkielowicz. "Japanese Pressure Mounts." In Japanese War Criminals: The Politics of Justice after the Second World War, 175-206. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017.

Abberley, Will, Christina Alt, David Minden Higgins, Graham Huggan, and Pippa Marland. "Victorian." In Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020: Land Lines, 84-130. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Pellicer, Eugenio, Víctor Yepes, José C. Teixeira, Helder P. Moura, and Joaquín Catalá. "Organising Construction Processes in Construction Companies." In Construction Management, 1-19. Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2014.