Format

• Include the author of the content, the title of the web page, the title or owner of the site, and the URL (web address).
• Also include either a publication date, date of revision or date of modification. If no such date is given, include an access date.
• If you’re looking at an online journal, magazine, or newspaper article, please refer to the Articles section. If it’s an online book, see the Books section, and for an online government report, go to the Government documents section.

Note

1. Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Document,” Title or Owner of Website, Publication date, URL.

Bibliography

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Document.” Title or Owner of Website. Publication date. URL.

Format

• If there is no author, begin the citation with the owner or sponsor of the site (see example 2) or the title of the document (see example 3).
• If the source has no publication date, insert the access date before the URL like this: “accessed June 17, 2018”.

Notes

1. Irvine Carvey, “The History of Africville as Told by the People of Africville,” Library and Archives Canada, January 2, 2008, https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/northern-star/033005-2601-e.html.

2. The World Bank Group, “Urban Poverty and Slum Upgrading,” The World Bank, accessed January 31, 2018, http://go.worldbank.org/D7G2Q70170.

3. “Using Your Entire Livingroom as a Screen,”  University of Twente, March 20, 2013, https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/!/2013/3/158601/using-your-entire-living-room-as-a-screen/.

Bibliography

Carvey, Irvine. “The History of Africville as Told by the People of Africville.” Library and Archives Canada. January 2, 2008. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/northern-star/033005-2601-e.html.

The World Bank Group. “Urban Poverty and Slum Upgrading.” The World Bank. Accessed January 31, 2018. http://go.worldbank.org/D7G2Q70170.

“Using Your Entire Livingroom as a Screen.” University of Twente. March 20, 2013. https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/!/2013/3/158601/using-your-entire-living-room-as-a-screen.

Format

• Chicago style prefers that blog entries be mentioned only in the notes. However, your teacher may request that you include them in both the notes and the bibliography.
• Include the author, title of the blog entry, title or description of the blog, date and URL.
• If the post has no publication date, insert the access date before the URL like this: “accessed June 17, 2018”.
• Give the author’s name as listed even if it’s a pseudonym.
• The blog title is in italics. Add (blog) after the title of the blog (unless the word “blog” is in the title).
• If the blog is a part of a larger publication the citation should also include the name of that publication (see example 5).

Notes

4. Gillian, “Katherine Howard – Some Misconceptions,” Harlots, Harpies and Harridans (blog), February 13, 2012, http://harlotsharpiesharridans.com/blog/2012/02/13/katherine-howard/.

5. François Remy, “Comment Ottawa réduit l’anonymat des cryptomonnaies,” Mine de rien (blog), Les Affaires, June 12, 2018, http://www.lesaffaires.com/blogues/francois-remy/comment-ottawa-reduit-l-anonymat-des-cryptomonnaies/603266.

Bibliography

Gillian. “Katherine Howard – Some Misconceptions.” Harlots, Harpies and Harridans (blog). February 2, 2012. http://harlotsharpiesharridans.com/blog/2012/02/13/katherine-howard/.

Remy, François. “Comment Ottawa réduit l’anonymat des cryptomonnaies.” Mine de rien (blog). Les Affaires. June 12, 2018. http://www.lesaffaires.com/blogues/francois-remy/comment-ottawa-reduit-l-anonymat-des-cryptomonnaies/603266.

Format

• The citation should include the video’s creator, title, format or medium, length, publication date and URL.
• If the video has no publication date, insert the access date before the URL like this: “accessed June 17, 2018”.
• If the online video is a recording of an original performance or a digitized version of an original recording, include information about this original source (original air date, filming date, filming location).

Notes

6. Allan Gregg, “Daniel Goleman Explains Emotional Intelligence,” YouTube video, 26:37, originally aired on TVO February 1999, March 13, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJ3FF1yFyc.

7. Minute Physics, “Open Letter to the President: Physics Education,” YouTube video, 3:49, November 11, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGL22PTIOAM.

8. Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, “Ethical Riddles in HIV Research,” filmed May 2012 in London, TED video, 11:11, January 2013, http://www.ted.com/talks/boghuma_kabisen_titanji_ethical
_riddles_in_hiv_research.html.

Bibliography

Gregg, Allan. “Daniel Goleman Explains Emotional Intelligence.” YouTube video, 26:37. Originally aired on TVO February 1999. March 13, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJ3FF1yFyc.

Minute Physics. “Open Letter to the President: Physics Education.” YouTube video, 3:49. November 11, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGL22PTIOAM.

Titanji, Boghuma Kabisen. “Ethical Riddles in HIV Research.” Filmed May 2012 in London. TED video, 11:11. January 2013. http://www.ted.com/talks/boghuma_kabisen_titanji_ethical_riddles_in_hiv_research.html.

Format

• Include the creator, title of the work (in italics), date of creation, format or medium, title or owner of the website and the URL.
• If the image has no date of creation, insert the access date before the URL like this: “accessed June 17, 2018”.
• If you are citing an online image of a work of art, such as a painting or a sculpture, also include the size of the work and the name of the location where it is housed.
• Images are usually only cited in notes. Your teacher may however request that they be included in the bibliography.

Notes

9. James Duncan, Burning of Hayes House, Dalhousie Square, Montreal, 1852, oil on wood, 30.8 x 41.2 cm, McCord Museum, http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M310.

10. Richard Misrack, Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana, photograph, 1998, Discover, http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/zen-photo/p/petrochemical#.ULd__eTAcbA.

Bibliography

Duncan, James. Burning of Hayes House, Dalhousie Square, Montreal. 1852. Oil on wood, 30.8 x 41.2 cm. McCord Museum. http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M310.

Misrack, Richard. Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana. Photograph. 1998. Discover. http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/zen-photo/p/petrochemical#.ULd__eTAcbA.

Format

• E-mail is considered a form of personal communication (along with private letters, personal interviews, memos, etc.) and is not included in the bibliography. This type of source is included only in the notes.
• Give the author’s name as well as an exact a date as possible.

Note

11. Janet Lebrun, e-mail message to author, May 15, 2016.

Format

• When citing a social media posting (from Facebook, Twitter, etc.), start with the real name of the author. If they use a screen name, also include it in between parentheses.
• If you only have the author’s screen name, use it instead of the author’s real name.
• In place of a title, include up to the first 160 characters of the posting. Do not add or remove any capital letters.
• Follow with the name of the platform, date and URL. You can also specify the type of content posted after the name of the platform if necessary (ex: Instagram photo).
• Social media postings should be cited only in your notes, unless stated otherwise by your teacher.
• Instead of making a note, you can also incorporate the posting into your text: In a Twitter post on July 23, 2018, David Evans (@DavidEvans_ROM) wrote…

Note

12. David Evans (@DavidEvans_ROM), “Fossil turtle prospect in the Hell Creek Formation- this one will be quite the puzzle for someone in the lab! #ROMHellCreek,” Twitter, July 23, 2018, 8:34 a.m., https://twitter.com/DavidEvans_ROM/status/1021418333457952771.

13. Science and Media Museum (mediamuseum), “#onthisday in 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière held the first ever cinema show at the Grand Café on the Boulevard des Capucins in Paris,” Instagram photo, December 28, 2017, https://www.instagram.com/p/BdPcC5JFxJL/.