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Chicago Citation Style, 18th Edition

A University of Lethbridge Library guide to Chicago Manual of Style citations.

Multiple Authors or Editors
(Section 13.23)

For a book with two authors or editors, only the first listed name is inverted, with the others written as they appear.

Please note that Chicago now omits the place of publication for books published after 1900 (see the Manual, 14.30). For books published before 1900, they recommend using the place of publication instead of the publisher itself, as it is of greater interest (see the Manual, 14.31).

Example 1 – Two or Three Authors
N: 1. Catherine Margaret Orr and Ann Braithwaite, Introducing Women's and Gender Studies: Concepts for Everyday Use (Routledge, 2014), 203.
B: Orr, Catherine Margaret, and Ann Braithwaite. Introducing Women's and Gender Studies:
            Concepts for Everyday Use
. Routledge, 2014.

 

Example 2 – Two or Three Editors
N: 1. Frank Tallett and D. J. B. Trim, eds., European Warfare, 1350-1750 (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 111-12.
B: Tallett, Frank, and D. J. B. Trim, eds. European Warfare, 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

 

In the bibliography, list up to six authors; if there are more than six, list only the first three, followed by "et al".

Example 3 – Four to Ten Authors or Editors
N: 1. Julie Evans et al., Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Societies (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003), 29.
B: Evans, JuliePatricia GrimshawDavid Philips, and Shurlee SwainEqual Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous
            Peoples in British Settler Societies. 
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003.