Website: how to cite in Chicago Style – author-date (17th ed.)?

Create a spot-on reference in Chicago 18, 17 and 16

Select a source type:

Book Website Journal article Video (online)

Archival document Blog post Book Book chapter Complete reference Conference paper Copyright certificate Court case Dictionary Dictionary entry Disc Dissertation / Thesis Encyclopedia Encyclopedia article Extended abstract of dissertation Image Journal article Law / Act Newspaper article Patent Podcast Preprint Press release Religious text Report Social media post Software Standard Video (online) Video game Website

General rules

For referencing a webpage of a website in compliance with Chicago Style – author-date (17th ed.), use the following template:

Author of the publication (or owner or sponsor of the website). Year. "Webpage Title." Website Title, publication date. URL.

For a publication (article) on a website that has no credited author, put the publication title at the beginning of the reference, before the year:

"Webpage Title." Year. Website Title, publication date. URL.

The date of access is given, if the date of publication is unknown.

If you wish referencing a book, a journal or a newspaper article, a dissertation, an archival document, etc. available online, use the form for the appropriate type of source instead of the website reference form on our homepage and fill in the fields 'DOI / URL' and 'Date accessed' to generate a correct reference.

Examples in a list of references

"Dissertation (thesis): How to cite in APA (7th ed.)?" 2020. Grafiati, 16 June 2020. https://www.grafiati.com/en/info/apa-7/dissertation/.

Bauer, Taylor. 2019. "The History of CD Projekt Red – Games and More." Comic Years, 18 August 2019. https://comicyears.com/gaming/the-history-of-cd-projekt-red-games-and-more/.

The Royal National Theatre. n.d. "The History of the National Theatre." National Theatre. Accessed 28 December 2020. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/history.