THE ALMY LIBRARY
GUIDE TO CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE CITATIONS
models for citing an ebook 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, Name of Database or Type of Media, access date, URL.
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Bibliography
Lastname, Firstname, Firstname Lastname, Firstname Lastname, and Firstname Lastname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Name of Database or Type of Media. Access Date. URL.
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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. Additionally, if you are listing a "Type of Media" (this would be an ebook reader, like a Kindle), you do not need an access date or URL.
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examples of an ebook 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, ProQuest Ebook Central, accessed on January 7, 2021, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bbnslibrary/detail.action?docID=1686307.
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. ProQuest Ebook Central. Accessed on January 7, 2021.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bbnslibrary/detail.action?docID=1686307.
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