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Chicago Citation Style: Two or Three Authors or Editors

This guide will help you cite sources using the Chicago Citation Style 16th edition.

Book with Two or Three Authors or Editors (14.76-14.77 / pp. 695-696)

The general format below refers to a book with two authors.  
If you are dealing with two editors instead of two authors, insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors' names are now, followed by a comma and the word "eds." without the quotation marks.  The rest of the format remains the same.

General Format 

Full Note:

1. Author First Name/Initial Surname and Author First Name/Initial Surname, Book Title: Subtitle  (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.

Concise Note: 

2. Author Surname and Author Surname, Book Title, page #. 

Bibliography:

Author Surname, First Name/Initial, and Author First Name/Initial Surname. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of
      Publication: Publisher, Year.

Example

Full Note:

1. Liam P. Unwin and Joseph Galloway, Peace In Ireland (Boston: Stronghope Press, 1990), 139.  

Concise Note:

2. Unwin and Galloway, Peace in Ireland, 139.

Bibliography:

Unwin, Liam P., and Joseph Galloway. Peace in Ireland. Boston: Stronghope  Press, 1990.  

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About Citing Books

This guide is intended to cover only the Notes and Bibliography system for citing books.

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and a specific example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

Full Note - use the first time that you cite a source.
Concise Note - use after the first time you cite a source.
Bibliography - use when you are compiling the Bibliography that appears at the end of your paper.

Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.). 

Numbers in parentheses refer to specific sections and pages in the manual.

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