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models for citing a book with four or more authors

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Footnote

     1 Firstname Lastname et al., Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number.

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Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname, Firstname Lastname, Firstname Lastname, and Firstname Lastname. Title of 
     Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. 

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Note

For the footnote state the first author in the list and follow with et al. (which means "and all the others"). Be careful with the punctuation - there is no period after et! For the bibliography, state all of the author’s names.

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examples of a book with four or more authors

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Footnote

     1 Dana Barnes et al., Essays on Corporate America: The Rise of Business in the U.S.  (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), 42.

     2 Barnes et al., Essays, 75.

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Bibliography

Barnes, Diana, James Fitzgibbons, Jackson Conrad, and Emily Rathner.  Essays on Corporate                    
     America: The Rise of Business in the U.S. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

 

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