Create a spot-on reference in Chicago 18, 17 and 16
General rules
To reference a website or an individual webpage, The Chicago Manual of Style requires citing the following data when available: title of the webpage (article), title of the website, name of the owner or sponsor of the website, URL address, and date of publication or date when the content was last updated (or, if neither of these dates is known, the date when the content was accessed).
For providing uniform and easy-to-create references to users, the web service Grafiati uses the following templates to cite an online page:
Reference in a bibliography:
Author of the article (or owner of the website). "Webpage Title." Website Title, publication date, URL.
Full note:
Author, "Webpage Title," Website Title, publication date, URL.
Short note:
Author, "Webpage Title."
Examples of references in a bibliography
"Dissertation (Thesis): How to Cite in APA (7th ed.)?" Grafiati, 16 June 2020. https://www.grafiati.com/en/info/apa-7/dissertation/.
Bauer, Taylor. "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. "The History of the National Theatre." National Theatre. Accessed 28 December 2020. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/history.
Examples of notes
1. "Dissertation (Thesis): How to Cite in APA (7th ed.)?," Grafiati, 16 June 2020, https://www.grafiati.com/en/info/apa-7/dissertation/.
2. Taylor Bauer, "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/.
3. The Royal National Theatre, "The History of the National Theatre," National Theatre, accessed 28 December 2020, https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/history.
4. "Dissertation (Thesis)."
5. Bauer, "History of CD Projekt Red."
6. The Royal National Theatre, "History of the National Theatre."