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Chicago Style: Multiple Authors or Editors

  • "For works by or edited by four to ten persons, all names are usually given in the bibliography" (CMOS 14.76).
  • "In a note, only the name of the first author is included, followed by et al. with no intervening comma" (CMOS 14.76).
  • "For works with more than ten authors . . . only the first seven should by listed in the bibliography, followed by et al." (CMOS 14.76).