Works from Web Sites

CHICAGO SOURCE MAP: Works from Web Sites

  • 1 Author. In a note, list the author(s) first name first. In a bibliographic entry, list the first author last name first, comma, first name; list additional authors first name first. Note that the host may serve as the author.
  • 2 Document title. Enclose the title in quotation marks, and capitalize all major words. In a note, put a comma before and after the title. In the bibliography, put a period before and after.
  • 3 Title of Web site. Capitalize all major words. If the site’s title is analogous to a book or periodical title, italicize it. In the notes section, put a comma after the title. In the bibliography, put a period after the title.
  • 4 Sponsor of site. If the sponsor is the same as the author or site title, you may omit it. End with a comma (in the note) or a period (in the bibliographic entry).
  • 5 Date of publication or last modification. If no date is available, or if your instructor requests it, include your date of access (with the word accessed).
  • 6 Retrieval information. Give the URL for the Web site. If you are required to include a date of access, put the word accessed and the date in parentheses after the URL. End with a period.

Citations for the Web site on p. 515 would look like this:

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Rebecca Edwards