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Chicago Citation Style Guide: Websites, Blogs, Social Media

Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition, rules for formatting citations using the Author/Date and Footnote/Endnote Bibliography styles.

Websites, Blogs, and Social Media

Material Type           Footnote/Endnote              Bibliography                                                        
Website 

"Nursing Exams," Testing Resources, IRSC Libraries, last modified June 26, 2019, 6:27 p.m., https://irsc.libguides.com/c.php?g=146671&p=963350.

If a website is updated frequently include the timestamp like above. 

IRSC Libraries. "Nursing Exams." Testing Resources. Last modified June 26, 2019, 6:27 p.m. https://irsc.libguides.com/c.php?g=146671&p=963350.

If a website is updated frequently include the timestamp like above. 

Blog post  Natalya, "What if Child Care Were as Standard as Coffee at Tech Conferences?" Times Open (blog), New York Times, March 7, 2019. https://open.nytimes.com/what-if-child-care-were-as-standard-as-coffee-at-tech-conferences-568c5fba028e.

Natalya. "What if Child Care Were as Standard as Coffee at Tech Conferences?" Times Open (blog). New York Times, March 7, 2019. https://open.nytimes.com/what-if-child-care-were-as-standard-as-coffee-at-tech-conferences-568c5fba028e

Social media

 Nate Silver (@NateSilver538), "If you average the various post-debate polls so far, you get something like Biden 28, Harris 15, Bernie 15, Warren 13, Buttigieg 6," Twitter, July 1, 2019, 1:57 p.m., https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1145798655594467328.

Include the author's real name and screen name or username if available. 
                                   

Silver, Nate (@NateSilver538). "If you average the various post-debate polls so far, you get something like Biden 28, Harris 15, Bernie 15, Warren 13, Buttigieg 6" Twitter, July 1, 2019, 1:57 p.m. https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1145798655594467328.

Include the author's real name and screen name or username if available.