Chicago style - citing Web sites

Factual Questions
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Anyone familiar with Chicago style for

(1) Citing material from a traditionally published source whose text is made available on a Web site – in other words, a book or article plus a Web address

(2) Citing material from an article that has the characteristics of a traditionally published source: title, author, publisher, etc., but whose text if found only on, or primarily on, a Web site

(3) Citing material from a Web site and the material is not really in traditional article form. It’s just a page on a Web site and can look like an article or a blog post.

Thanks!

2

FWIW every Wikipedia article has a link “Cite this page” in the sidebar, giving citation text in various formats, among them Chicago style.

3

See sections 17.142 and following in the 15th edition. Generally the URL is cited following the normal biblio info as follows. http://www.example.com (accessed March 29, 2008).

See Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide for examples.

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Thanks!