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Citing Sources: Chicago/ Turabian

Page of a Website

Website

Websites are often missing information like the author's name or date published.  If you don't have an individual author you may use the name of the organization as the author.  If there is no date of publication, just use n.d. (which means no date) and include the date you visited the site as Date accessed.

 

Notes Bibliography Format

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). "Name of Page/Post." Name of Site.  Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). date published/uploaded/updated (if available). URL, DOI or permalink. 

Notes Bibliography Example 

Calahan, April. "Egyptian Elegance: Youssef Rizkallah." Material Mode (blog). Fashion Institute of Technology. October 18, 2018. https://blog.fitnyc.edu/materialmode/2018/10/18/egyptian-elegance-youssef-rizkallah/

(If there is no individual author you may list the organization as the author.  It is acceptable the organization and publisher even if they are the same.)

The Museum at FIT. "About the Museum." The Museum at FIT. Accessed January 3, 2019. www.fitnyc.edu/museum/about/index.php.

Author-Date Format

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Year of Publication. "Name of Page/Post." Name of Site.  Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). date published/uploaded/updated (if available). URL, DOI or permalink. 

Author-Date Example

(In Author-Date format it is acceptable to list the year of publication after the author and then list the full date of publication before the URL.)

Calahan, April. 2018. "Egyptian Elegance: Youssef Rizkallah." Material Mode (blog). Fashion Institute of Technology, October 18, 2018. https://blog.fitnyc.edu/materialmode/2018/10/18/egyptian-elegance-youssef-rizkallah/

(If there is no individual author you may list the organization as the author.  It is acceptable the organization and publisher even if they are the same.)

The Museum at FIT. n.d. "About the Museum." The Museum at FIT, Accessed January 3, 2019. www.fitnyc.edu/museum/about/index.php.

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