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

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 Editors

 

    USED FOR:

  • Citing a book with 4 to 10 editors. This is NOT for citing a part (essay, chapter, poem) in a book.


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST EDITOR'S NAME et al. [comma] eds. [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 Editor's Name et al., eds., Title of Book: Which Is in Italics (City: Publisher, Year), Page Number(s).

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Sebastian P. Brock et al., eds., The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), 500-501.
  2. Anthony G. Robins et al., eds., Young, Gifted and Missing: The Underrepresentation of African American Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Disciplines (Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2022), xiv.
  3. James W. Fleshman Jr. et al., eds., Atlas of Surgical Techniques for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus (Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, 2013), 322-23.
  4. Ian A. McFarland et al., eds., The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 204-5.
  5. Pritam S. Sahota et al., eds., The Illustrated Dictionary of Toxicologic Pathology and Safety Science (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2019), 10-11.

 

 

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


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

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


    FORMATTING:

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

 

    EXAMPLES:

  1. Brock et al., Syriac Heritage, 499-500.
  2. Robins et al., Young, Gifted and Missing, xi.
  3. Fleshman et al., Surgical Techniques, 302-3.
  4. McFarland et al., Christian Theology, 209-10.
  5. Sahota et al., Toxicologic Pathology, 10.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY — Book with 4 to 10 Editors


    BASIC COMPONENTS:

  • FIRST EDITOR'S LAST NAME [comma] FIRST EDITOR'S FIRST NAME [comma] SECOND EDITOR'S NAME [comma] THIRD EDITOR'S NAME [comma] [ . . . ] and LAST EDITOR'S NAME [comma] eds.
  • TITLE OF BOOK in italics [period]
  • CITY OF PUBLICATION [colon]
  • PUBLISHER [comma]
  • YEAR OF PUBLICATION [period]


    FORMATTING:

First Editor's Last Name, First Editor's First Name, Second Editor's Name, Third Editor's Name, [ . . . ] and Last Editor's Name, eds. Title of Book: Which Is in Italics. City: Publisher, Year.

 

    EXAMPLES:

Brock, Sebastian P., Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz, and Lucas Van Rompay, eds. The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011.

Robins, Anthony G., Locksley Knibbs, Ted N. Ingram, Michael N. Weaver Jr., and Adriel A. Hilton, eds. Young, Gifted and Missing: The Underrepresentation of African American Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Disciplines. Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2022.

Fleshman, James W., Jr., Elisa H. Birnbaum, Steven R. Hunt, Matthew G. Mutch, Ira J. Kodner, and Bashar Safar, eds. Atlas of Surgical Techniques for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, 2013.

McFarland, Ian A., David A. S. Fergusson, Karen Kilby, and Iain R. Torrance, eds. The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Sahota, Pritam S., Robert H. Spaet, Philip Bentley, and Zbigniew W. Wojcinski, eds. The Illustrated Dictionary of Toxicologic Pathology and Safety Science. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2019.