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Cody Chun, Kieran O’Neil, Kylie Young, Julie Nelson Christoph

Subsection 8.3.2 Citing a Book With Multiple Authors

This diagram shows the cover of a book and the copyright page. At the top of the page in small letters are the names "Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus." A red label reading "authors" points to the names. Below the authors, large text reads "Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey" with a blue label reading "title" pointing to it. At the bottom of the page is small text that reads "The University of Chicago Press," with a purple label reading "Publisher" pointed at it. Even smaller text at the bottom of the cover reads "Chicago and London," with a brown label that reads "City of Publication." On the page of text, the year "2005" following the copyright symbol is circled and labeled with a green label that reads "date."

Subsubsection APA

Two authors

Author 1 Last Name, Initials, & Author 2 Last Name, First initial. (Year). Title of work. Publisher.

Bowler, P. J., & Morus, I. R. (2005). Making modern science: A historical survey. University of Chicago Press.

In-text: (Bowler & Morus, 2005)
Three or more authors:
In-text: (Bowler et al., 2005)

Subsubsection Chicago

Author 1 Last Name, First Name, and Author 2 First Name Last Name. Title of Work. City of Publication:Publisher, year.

Bowler, Peter J., and Iwan Rhys Morus. Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Notes.

First appearance.
 4 
Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), 20.
Consecutive appearances.
 5 
Ibid., 47.
Nonconsecutive appearances.
 6 
Bowler and Morus, Making Modern Science, 5–12.
For more information about how to insert footnotes, see Subsection 12.1.2.

Subsubsection MLA

Two authors

Author 1 Last Name, First Name, and Author 2 First Name Last Name. Title of Work. Translated by or Edited by*First Name Last Name (if applicable), Vol. Number (if applicable), City of Publication**, Publisher***, year.

*Here list any other contributors to the work with the method of their contribution noted (e.g., “Translated by Emily Wilson”).
**include only if work was published before 1900, has different versions in different countries or is a rare book.
***For university presses, abbreviate University Press with UP.

Bowler, Peter J., and Iwan Rhys Morus. Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey. U of Chicago P, 2005.

In-text: (Bowler and Morus 12)
Three or more authors

Author 1 Last Name, First Name, et al. Title of Work. Translated by or Edited by*First Name Last Name (if applicable), Vol. Number (if applicable), City of Publication** Publisher, year.

*Here list any other contributors to the work with the method of their contribution noted (e.g., “Translated by Emily Wilson”).
**include only if work was published before 1900, has different versions in different countries or is a rare book.
Berenstain, Stan, et al. The Berenstain Bears, Brother Bear and the Kind Cub. Zonderkidz, 2017.
In-text: (Berenstain et al. 18)
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