Blog posts and comments

You may need to consult more than one section of Re:cite to accurately represent the source used. Your citation may look different depending on the number of authors it has. Check the About Chicago B page for further advice.

In-text citation example

...in which the surprising benefits of practice are recounted (Throwcase 2017).

OR

O'Donnell discusses the implications of changing research discipline (2016) ...

Comment on a blog post

(@neverpractice, February 7, 2017 [3:08 a.m.], comment on Throwcase 2017)

OR

...@neverpractice (February 7, 2017 3:08 a.m.) commented on the post (Throwcase 2017) that practice is over-rated.

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Reference list

Reference list template

Citations of blog posts may be included as in-text citations and omitted from the reference list, however they should be included if they form a critical part of your research, or if they are frequently cited. Check with your lecturer if you are unsure.

Author of entry. Year. "Title of post." Title of blog (blog). Month and day of post. URL.

Reference list example

Throwcase. 2017. "Hard Part Easier After Practice, Says Man." Throwcase (blog). January 23. http://www.throwcase.com/2017/01/23/hard-part-easier-practice-says-man/.

OR

O'Donnell, Jonathan. 2016. "Changing Disciplines." The Research Whisperer. Accessed February 6, 2017. https://theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/changing-disciplines-2/.

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Tips for this reference type

• See Manual 14.105
• A blog is a category of website that includes dated entries and dated comments.
• The authors’ names are normally given as they appear with the source itself (see 13.75), including pseudonyms.
• The title of a blog should be italicised (see 14.103).
• Titles of blog entries (similar to articles in a periodical) should be in quotation marks.
• A blog that is part of a larger publication (i.e Times) should also include the name of that publication in italics after the blog title.
• If the blog title doesn't make it clear that the source is a blog, add the word (blog) in brackets after the title.
• Cite comments on posts in the text only. Use the commenter's name as it is listed and include the date and time of the comment. Some of this information may be weaved into the text.

• Author-date reference list entries that include a month and day (as for a newspaper article) do not need to repeat the year with the month and day. The year of publication follows the author’s name; the month and day are placed as normal (14.89).
• The year of modification would replace the publication date.  Precede the month and day of modification with 'last modified' (see also 13.16).
  If no such date can be found, include an access date. Precede the access date with 'accessed' (see 13.15 ). Use n.d. in place of a year of publication in both in-text citations and the reference list (see Manual 14.44 for examples).
  Use appropriate capitalization where needed
• To avoid conflation with the name of the author, n.d. is always lowercase, and it is preceded by a comma in text citations.
• Frequently updated resources (such as wikis) can include a time stamp if one is provided by the resource.