Web resources (Chicago style & reference)

General rules – Web resources

• Titles of websites are capitalized headline-style without quotation marks.

 

• Titled sections or pages of a website are usually placed in quotation marks. 

 

• The titles of blogs can usually be set in italics; titles of blog posts are placed in quotation marks.

 

•  Web pages without author title becomes main entry.

 

• When the publication/revision date is unknown, include the access date.

 

→ Web pages

In-Text citation

(Author’s Last Name Year of publication)

Ex:

(Google 2016)

Reference list

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Year of publication. “Webpage Title.” Title or Owner of Website. Date of publication or access. URL.

Ex:

Google. 2016. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms.
Accessed April 6, 2016. http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

 

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→ Social media

In-Text citation

(Author’s Last Name Year of publication)

Ex:

(O’Brien 2015)

Reference list

Author’s Last Name. Year of publication. “Title of Post,” Type of Post. Date of Post. Url of Post.

Ex:

O’Brien, Conan (@ConanOBrien). 2015. “In honor of Earth Day, I’m recycling my
tweets.” Twitter. April 22, 2015, 11:10 a.m.
https://twitter.com/ConanOBrien/status/590940792967016448

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→ Online Videos

(Author’s Last Name Year of publication)

Ex:

(Lyiscott 2014)

Reference list

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Year of publication. “Title of Video.” Date of publication. Video format. Running time. URL

Ex:

Lyiscott, Jamila. 2014. “3 Ways to Speak English.” Filmed February 2014 in New York,
NY. TED video, 4:29. https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english