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Chicago Citation Style Guide

Webpage from a Website

Note:

1. Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Webpage.” Title of Website, Month Day , Year Published. Accessed Month Day, Year.URL

Example:

1. Thomas Smith, "History of Education." PBS. 2017. Accessed June 14 2017.

Shortened form:

2. Thomas Smith, "History of Education." PBS, 2017, 

Bibliography:

Smith, Thomas. "History of Education." PBS, 2015, www.pbs.org/education. Accessed 14 June 2017.

 

If there is no author listed, the above will just start with the article title.

Video from a Website (like YouTube)

Note:

1. AuthorFirstName  AuthorLastName, “Title of Video,” YouTube video, running time, publication date, URL.

example:

1. Pbsvideolibrary, "The History of Education." YouTube video, :36, December 2, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTwDDTjb6g.

Shortened Form:

10. Pbsvideolibrary, "The History of Education."

 

Bibliography:

Pbsvideolibrary. "TheHistory of Education." YouTube Video, :36,  December 2, 2015. www.youtube.com/

watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w. Accessed 2 Aug. 2017.

Social Media

Note:

1. First Name Last Name (Screen Name), "Quote as much as the first 160 characters/spaces of post," Type of Post, URL

Example:

1. Jimmy Fallon (@JimmyF), "Society is crazy," Twitter, October 15, 2021, 11:10 a.m., https:twitter,com/JimmyFallon/status/5678448474447.

Shortened Form:

4. Fallon, "Society."

Bibliography:

Fallon, Jimmy (@JimmyF), 2021. "Society is crazy," Twitter, October 15, 2021, 11:10 a.m. https:twitter,com/JimmyFallon/status/5678448474447.