How to Cite Web Sources in Chicago Style

In our citation examples we use the following color coding:

  • Red – Author
  • Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
  • Pink – Date
  • Orange – Website/Publisher
  • Green – Title of journal
  • Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved
  • Peach – Additional information about the source (i.e. its type, specific features etc.)

Website Page

Example:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. “Health Literacy: Hidden Barriers and

Practical Strategies.” AHRQ (website). Last modified April 7, 2020.

https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/1stedition/tool3.html.

Footnote citation:

“Health Literacy: Hidden Barriers and Practical Strategies,” AHRQ (website). Agency

for Healthcare Research and Quality, last modified April 7, 2020.

https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/1stedition/tool3.html.

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Website Page (no author)

Example:

“Reading & Writing Hands-on Activities.” Education (website). Last modified April 14, 2024.

https://www.education.com/activity/ela/.

Footnote citation:

1.“Reading & Writing Hands-on Activities,” Education (website), last modified April 14,

2024, https://www.education.com/activity/ela/.

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Website Page (no date)

Example:

Layton, Jill. “Storage Containers That Make Use of Your Under-Bed Space.” Ehow (website).

Accessed April 15, 2024.

https://www.ehow.com/13775261/best-under-bed-storage-containers.

Footnote citation:

1. Jill Layton, “Storage Containers That Make Use of Your Under-Bed Space,” Ehow

(website), accessed April 15, 2024,

https://www.ehow.com/13775261/best-under-bed-storage-containers.

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Image on World Wide Web (no date)

Example:

Amos, Emma. “Without Feather Boa, 1965.” Digital image. The Museum of Modern Art

(website). Accessed March 14, 2024.

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/426633.

Footnote citation:

1. Emma Amos, “Without Feather Boa, 1965,” Digital image. The Museum of Modern

Art (website), Accessed March 14, 2024,

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/426633.

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Blog

Example:

Yard, Kristen. “The Best Grasshopper Pie Recipe.” KidsActivities (blog), March 13, 2024.

http://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2015/03/southeast-states-trivia-treasure-hunt.html.

Footnote citation:

1. Kristen Yard, “The Best Grasshopper Pie Recipe,” KidsActivities (blog), March 13,

2024, https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/166307/the-best-grasshopper-pie-recipe/.

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Social Media

Example:

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). “Nine years ago today.” Instagram photo. March 13, 2024.

https://www.instagram.com/petesouza/p/C4c7tqPrNcU/.

Footnote citation:

1. Pete Souza (@petesouza), “Nine years ago today,” Instagram photo, March 13,

2024, https://www.instagram.com/petesouza/p/C4c7tqPrNcU/.

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