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Chicago 18th edition notes and bibliography

Footnotes and bibliography for the Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition

Citing blogs

Blog posts are cited like online newspaper articles. Citations include the author of the post; the title of the post, in quotation marks; the title of the blog, in italics; the date of the post; and a URL. The word 'blog' may be added (in parentheses) after the title of the blog. Blogs that are part of a larger publication should also include the name of that publication. (14.105).

Blogs

Type Format
Elements of citation

Author of the post -- Title of the post in inverted commas -- Title of blog italicised -- Date of blog post -- URL

Footnote

48. Elisabetta Boaretto, "Uncovering varied pathways to agriculture," Ancientfoods (blog), 20 December, 2017, https://ancientfoods.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/uncovering-varied-pathways-to-agriculture/.

49. Natalie Zutter, "20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025," Literary Hub (blog), 2 January 2025, https://lithub.com/20-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-to-look-forward-to-in-2025/

Bibliography

Boaretto, Elisabetta. "Uncovering varied pathways to agriculture." Ancientfoods (blog). 20 December, 2017. https://ancientfoods.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/uncovering-varied-pathways-to-agriculture/.

Zutter, Natalie. "20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025." Literary Hub (blog). 2 January 2025. https://lithub.com/20-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-to-look-forward-to-in-2025/

EndNote reference type

Blog

There were punctuation errors in the Endnote style tested by the Library which would need to be corrected i.e. no full stop after Author, space added before the title of the blog.  These would need to be corrected manually in order to use Endnote.