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Chicago Manual of Style - South Bend-Elkhart: C. More than Three Authors or Editors

Book with More than Three Authors or Editors (p. 696)

The general format below refers to a book with more than three authors. 
 
If you are dealing with a book that has more than three editors instead of authors, insert the names of the editors into the place where the names of the authors are now, followed by a comma and the word "eds." without the quotation marks (as per the example).  The rest of the format remains the same.
  
General Format 
 
      Full Note: 

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

            2. Author Surname et al., Book Title, page #. 
 
      Bibliography:

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

            1. Jeri A. Sechzer et al., eds., Women and Mental Health (Baltimore:
      Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), 243.   
 
      Concise Note:

            2. Sechzer et al., Women and Mental Health, 243.
 
      Bibliography:

      Sechzer, Jeri A., S. M. Pfaffilin, F. L. Denmark, A. Griffin, and S. J. Blumenthal, eds.
            Women and Mental Health. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.