How to Cite a Website in Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date)

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Zitierformat

Grundvorlage

(Author Year) Reference: Author. Year. Page Title. Website Name. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Zitat-Komponenten

Author or Organization

Full name or organization. Use in (Author Year) format for in-text citations.

Year

Year of publication. Use in parentheses for in-text citations: (Author Year).

Page Title

Title of the webpage in sentence case.

Website Name

Name of website or organization.

Access Date

Month Day, Year format. Include 'Accessed' before the date.

URL

Full web address.

Praxisbeispiel

Beispielquelle

author

World Health Organization

year

2023

title

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines

website

WHO

access_date

June 15, 2023

url

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/covid-19-vaccine

Formatiertes Zitat

World Health Organization. 2023. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. WHO. Accessed June 15, 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/covid-19-vaccine.

Textzitat

(World Health Organization 2023)

(Author Year) - single source, (Author Year, XX) - with page reference

Häufige Fehler

Falsch:

(WHO 2023) - using acronym instead of full name in in-text citation

Richtig:

(World Health Organization 2023) - use full author name

Warum: Chicago author-date style prefers full names in in-text citations unless the acronym is universally known.

Falsch:

Reference: WHO. Vaccines. 2023. Retrieved from https://...

Richtig:

Reference: World Health Organization. 2023. Coronavirus disease vaccines. WHO. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

Warum: Must include full title, access date format (Month Day, Year), and complete URL.

Falsch:

(WHO, 2023) - using comma instead of space between author and year

Richtig:

(World Health Organization 2023) - use space, not comma

Warum: Chicago author-date uses space between author and year in parenthetical citations, not comma.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

How do I format in-text citations in Chicago author-date style?

(Author Year) format goes in parentheses. For example: (Johnson 2023). Page numbers go after the year: (Johnson 2023, 45).

When should I include the access date?

Include the access date for websites and online sources: Accessed Month Day, Year.

How do I cite if there's no author?

Use the organization name or the title of the page in place of the author.

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