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Cite in Chicago Style AD: References: Other web content

General Format

Notes: 

  • A References page at the end of the document has full citations in alphabetical order formatted with a hanging indent. 
  • In a References list, if you have multiple sources with exactly the same author(s), use a 3em dash (---) instead of the author's name for the second and subsequent citations.

Web Pages

Last name, First name or Organization Name. Publication Date/Revision. "Title of Page." Site Name. Access Date. Site URL. 

Individual Author

Mennis, Greg. May 25, 2022. "Savings Rate Fills Out Picture of Workers' Retirement Security." Pew. Accessed August 6, 2024. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2022/05/savings-rate-fills-out-picture-of-workers-retirement-security

No Date

Columbia University. n.d. “History.” Accessed May 15, 2017. http://www.columbia.edu/content/history.html.

Corporate Author

Center for American Women and Politics. 2022. "Women's Vote Watch." CAWP. Accessed January 3, 2022.  https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/voters/womens-vote-watch

ChatGPT

Before using any generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT, for class assignments, review your syllabus and check with your professor for guidance. 

For guidelines on citing generative AI in Chicago Author-Date, see the official Chicago style website.

How to Cite ChatGPT in Chicago Author-Date

Datasets & Data

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Year published. “Title of Data Set in Title Case.” Organization. DOI or URL.

Code Compliance Services Department, Consumer Health Division. April 15, 2023. "Restaurant and food establishment inspections (Oct. 2016 to present)." Open Data, City of Dallas.https://www.dallasopendata.com/Services/Restaurant-and-Food-Establishment-Inspections-Octo/dri5-wcct

Missing info?

NEED TO CHECK ALL OF THIS -- current info is APA

If you can't find all of the citation details, you can leave out:

  • volume, issue, or page numbers of periodicals
  • publishing or hosting organization

Be aware that a lot of missing information can raise questions about credibility and reliability, especially for web sources. If a source has very little citation information, see if you can find a more reputable source to provide similar information instead. 

Missing author? 

Named authors are frequently missing on web-based content. In that case, you can: 

  • Use the hosting website or organization in the author position. For example, the World Bank, the U.S. Census Bureau, and OpenAI are all used as authors on this page.
  • Use a screen name as the author for social media or online audiovisual content. For example, TED-Ed on this page.
  • If you can't find any of the above options, move the Title to the Author's position. 
  • Do not use "Anonymous" as the author unless the work is actually signed as Anonymous. 

Missing date?

  • Missing the month and/or day is OK; use what you can find.
  • If you can't find any date at all, use (n.d.) in its place, for (no date). n.d. can also be used in the in-text citation, like (Smith, n.d.).