For example, a volume of a journal might include all the issues published in one year. An issue might be published each month. Knowing the publisher of a book, and where that publisher is located, can help if you want to buy the book from that publisher. Used only in book citations, never for periodical articles. Ed. or Eds.
Many books are actually collections of essays written by many different authors.
An editor puts together all the essays and gives the book its final form. 80, No. 2, Aug 1997, pp. Look up the periodical title in the library's catalog. The periodical title in this example is Annals of Botany . Look up the book's title in library's catalog.