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Chicago A (Notes & bibliography)

Guide to the 17th edition

Social media post

Bibliography

Author last Name, First Name (username). "Title of post". Type of post, Month Day, Year. https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit."  Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

Footnote

First Footnote

1 Pete Souza (@petesouza), “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit,” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016, https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

Subsequent Footnotes

4 Souza, “President Obama.”

Notes

  • Type of post refers to the social media service and type of content, for example, Facebook post, Instagram photo.
  • Include author's real name, or organisation name, plus social media account username (if different to their full name for Facebook posts, the personal or organisation name is sufficient).
  • If only the username is known, use this in place of the author’s name.
  • In place of title, enter up to 160 characters of a post, and capitalise as in the original.
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format.

Blog post

Bibliography

Author Last name, First name. "Title of article." Title of blog (blog). Month Day, Year. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Polansky, Iva. “The Noon Girl: La Midinette." Victorian Paris (blog). June 1, 2018. https://victorianparis.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/the-noon-girl-la-midinette/.

Footnote

First Footnote

1 Iva Polansky, “The Noon Girl: La Midinette," Victorian Paris (blog), June 1, 2018, https://victorianparis.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/the-noon-girl-la-midinette/.

Subsequent Footnotes

4 Polansky, “The Noon Girl."

Notes

  • If the author's given name is provided, use the full name.
  • Words in the titles and subtitles are capitalised, except articles and prepositions.
  • The author is inverted for the bibliography but not for the footnotes.
  • The second line of the bibliography entry is indented.
  • The first line of the footnote entry is indented.
  • The first footnote includes all of the publication information.
  • Subsequent footnotes of the same source include only the author’s surname and the blog name.
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format.