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Chicago Website Citation Template
Learn how to cite websites in Chicago format (17th ed.) with examples. Includes notes-bibliography and author-date systems.
Copy-ready template
Author First Last, "Page Title," Website Name, Month Day, Year, URL.
Filled example
Reference
Yale University. "About Yale: Yale Facts." Yale University. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.
In-text citation
(Yale University, n.d.)
Field mapping
- author
- Yale University
- title
- About Yale: Yale Facts
- site
- Yale University
- year
- n.d.
- url
- https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts
- accessDate
- May 1, 2024
Common mistakes
- ⚠Omitting the access date
- ⚠Not italicizing the website name
- ⚠Using shortened URLs
- ⚠Forgetting punctuation between elements
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