Blogs can be great sources, offering simple introductions to complex topics or exploring obscure ideas that don’t get attention elsewhere. Thus, in this post, we will look at how to cite a blog post in Chicago author–date referencing.
Learn more about citing blog posts in Chicago footnote referencing here.
How to Cite a Blog Post in Chicago Referencing
With the author–date version of Chicago referencing, you cite sources parenthetically in the text. To cite a blog post, give the author’s surname and year of publication in parentheses. For example:
The Arval Brethren worshipped Dea Dia, a goddess of fertility (Raddato 2020).
Here, we’re citing a blog post from 2020 by Carole Raddato. We would then give full source details in a reference list at the end of the document.
Blog Posts in a Chicago Reference List
The basic format for a blog post in a Chicago-style reference list is:
Surname, First Name. Year of Publication. ‘Title of Blog Post’. Title of Blog (blog). Name of Publishing Organisation (if relevant). Full Date of Publication. URL.
You should include a publishing organisation here if the blog is hosted by a publication or organisation distinct from the author.
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For instance, the BBC hosts a variety of blogs, so you would typically include both the name of the blog and ‘BBC’ as the publishing organisation in a reference.
We’ll provide examples of what references for blog posts would look like below:
Hugh Ross, Ryan. 2020. ‘Julius Burger’s Themes of London: An Émigré’s legacy at the BBC’. BBC History Research (blog). BBC. 7 December 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbchistoryresearch/entries/9d730670-7fb4-4b7e-a813-b3ff1449cca6.
Raddato, Carole. 2020. ‘The Acts of the Arval Brethren of AD 120 (#Hadrian1900)’. Following Hadrian (blog). 16 January 2020. https://followinghadrian.com/2020/01/16/the-acts-of-the-arval-brethren-of-ad-120-hadrian1900/.
Make sure to include enough information for your reader to find the blog post cited.
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