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Chicago Citation Guide

A resource guide to help students using the Chicago Manual of Style citation method.

Web Page

Footnote

Ashley Strickland, “How much water does Jupiter really have? Here’s what NASA’s Juno mission found,” CNN, February 19, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/19/world/juno-jupiter-water-mystery-scn/index.html.

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Strickland, "How much water does Jupiter really have?," Feb. 2020.

Bibliography

Strickland, Ashley. “How much water does Jupiter really have? Here’s what NASA’s Juno mission found.” CNN. February 19, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/19/world/juno-jupiter-water-mystery-scn/index.html.

Blog

Citations of blog posts, like those of newspaper articles, can often be relegated to the text or notes. If it is necessary to cite an entire blog, list it in a bibliography under the name of the editor (if any) or the title of the blog.


Footnote

Deb Amlen, “One Who Gives a Hoot,” Wordplay (blog), New York Times, January 26, 2015, http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/one-who-gives-a-hoot/.

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Amlen, "One Who Gives a Hoot."

Bibliography

Amlen, Deb, ed. Wordplay (blog). New York Times. http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/.

Social Media

Facebook

Footnote

Chicago Manual of Style, “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993,” Facebook, April 17, 2015, https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.

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Chicago Manual of Style, "Is the world ready."

Bibliography

Chicago Manual of Style. “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993.” Facebook, April 17, 2015. https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.


Twitter

Footnote

Jack Dorsey, (@jack), “just setting up my twttr," Twitter, March 21, 2006, 2:50 p.m., https://twitter.com/jack/status/20.

Shortened Footnote

Dorsey, “just setting up my twttr."

Bibliography

Dorsey, Jack (@jack). 2006. “just setting up my twttr.” Twitter, March 21, 2006, 2:50 p.m. https://twitter.com/jack/status/20.