Book or Article with Four or More Authors
MLA:
Belenky, Mary, et al. Women’s Ways of Knowing. New York: Basic, 1986.
[first author by last name, “et. al.”]APA:
Belenky, M., Clinchy, B., Goldberger, N., & Tarule, J. (1986). Women’s ways of knowing. New York: Basic.
[all authors by name, initial.]Chicago:
12. Belenky et al., Women’s Ways of Knowing, 202.
[fn. #.] [first author et al., title, page quoted.]
[Shortened Chicago reference; see More Notes on Chicago Style for more information.]
When a book or article has four or more authors, MLA style includes only the name of the first author listed on the title page, followed by “et al.” (which means “and others”). After the authors’ names, follow the other instructions on this site for the type of book or article you’re citing.
Note: APA style does not abbreviate the list of authors in the References unless there are seven or more.
Note, also: Chicago style abbreviates the list of authors in the footnote but gives all author names in the Bibliography unless there are ten or more.
In the example above, Women’s Ways of Knowing was written by Mary Belenky, Blythe Clinchy, Nancy Goldberger, and Jill Tarule, but the listing in an MLA Works Cited gives only Belenky.
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