How to Cite Websites and Electronic Media in Bluebook

One thing you should know about Bluebook is that it totally discourages the use of electronic sources. Still, when you use them, you must cite them, and here’s how you should do it.

Web page

Example:

i24NEWS, 102-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor on Vogue Germany Cover, https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/artc-102-year-old-holocaust-survivor-on-vogue-germany-cover (last visited June 21, 2024).

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PDF document

Example:

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, User Guide to the 2020 Natality Public Use File (2022), https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/DVS/natality/UserGuide2020.pdf

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Blogs

Example:

Dave Owen, Accessioning Joy, Environmental Law Prof Blog (November 2, 2023), https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2023/11/accessioning-joy.html.

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