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Chicago Citation Style 17th: C. More than Three Authors or Editors

This guide will help you cite sources using the Chicago Citation Style 17th edition.

Book with More than Three Authors or Editors (p. 696)

The general format below refers to a book with more than three authors. 
 
 
If you are dealing with a book that has more than three editors instead of authors, insert the names of the editors into the place where the names of the authors are now, followed by a comma and the word "eds." without the quotation marks (as per the example).  The rest of the format remains the same.
  
General Format 
 
 
 
      Full Note: 
            1. Author First Name/Initial Surname et al., Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
 
      Concise Note: 
            2. Author Surname et al., Book Title, page #. 
 
 
 
 
      Bibliography:
          
 
 
 
Example 
 
 
 
      Full Note:
 
            1. Jeri A. Sechzer et al., eds., Women and Mental Health (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), 243.   
 
 
 
 
      Concise Note:
            2. Sechzer et al., Women and Mental Health, 243.
 
 
 
 
      Bibliography:

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