Chicago 17th Author-Date

(formerly Chicago 17th B)

Blog post

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Blog Post.” Title of Blog in Italics, Month Day, Year. URL.

Reference list example

Huberman, Ben. 2016. “Live from Paris: David Lebovitz on Food, France, and Writing.” Discover (blog), March 3, 2016. https://discover.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/david-lebovitz-food-france-writing/.

Sentance, Nathan M. 2019. “Anniversaries Need to be Uncomfortable.” Archival Decolonist (blog), November 6, 2019. https://archivaldecolonist.com/2019/11/06/anniversaries-need-to-be-uncomfortable/.

(Huberman 2016).

OR

Huberman (2016) argues that …

If quoting

According to Huberman (2016, para. 3) most people are “not doing traditional French cuisine.”

In the blog, the writer wrote about “not doing the traditional French cuisine” (Huberman, 2016, para. 3).

Note: When quoting, if there is no page number, use the paragraph number instead.

  • Add the word (blog) if the title of the blog does not contain the word ‘Blog’
  • If the author’s name is not available, use the username
  • Comments are not included in the reference list, but should be cited within the text itself e.g.

A comment posted about the Library’s closing message (2015) from the Curtin Library Blog on May 2, 2015 suggested that …

Social media post

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter) etc.

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s) (Screen Name). Year. “First sentence of the post.” Source description, Month Day, Year. URL.

Reference list examples

ABC News Australia (@abcnewsau). 2023. “What we’ve discovered is that we can take waste textiles and grind them up into really fine particles.” TikTok video, November 11, 2023. https://www.tiktok.com/@abcnewsaus/video/7298573844044844290.

Curtin University. 2023. “Check out these highlights from the Bachelor of Creative Arts Exhibition at this year’s Faculty of Humanities Graduate Showcase!” LinkedIn post, November 9, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/curtinuniversity_curtinuniversity-curtinlife-curtingradshow23-activity-7127960735678173184-NOIb/.

Jackman, Hugh (@RealHughJackman). 2015. “At the dentist…This is BEFORE I found out I was having a tooth pulled photo!” Twitter post, November 12, 2015, 5:42 a.m. https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/664800426961870849.

Obama, Barack. (@barackobama). 2018. “During my presidency, I started a tradition of sharing my reading lists and play lists.” Facebook post, January 1, 2018. https://www.facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10155532677446749.

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2018. “A loving touch.” Instagram photo, February 8, 2018. https://www.instagram.com/p/Be8MsHcl8DP/.

(Obama 2018).

OR

As posted by Obama (2018) …

If quoting

…“songs that got me moving” (Obama 2018, para.1).

In a Facebook post, Obama (2018, para. 1) wrote on the “songs that got me moving.”

Note: When quoting, if there is no page number, use the paragraph number instead.

  • If the author’s real name is unknown, provide their username or screen name, without the brackets
  • The first sentence of the post: list as much as the first 160 characters, including spaces
  • Follow the style of capitalisation used in the post, rather than the headline-style capitalisation required for titles in other reference types
  • For the source description, list the source (e.g. Facebook, Instagram etc.) and the type of content (e.g. post, video, photo, infographic etc.)
  • For Twitter, include the time of the tweet following the Month Day, Year, as shown in the example above
  • Comments are not included in the reference list, but should be cited within the text itself e.g.

Stephanie Lopez replied to President Obama’s Facebook post thanking him for his leadership as the President (January 1, 2018, comment on Obama 2018).

Social media profile or page

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter) etc.

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s) (Screen Name). Year. “Title of Page.” Source description, Month Day, Year. URL.

Reference list examples

ABC World News Tonight (@abcworldnews). n.d. “World News Tonight with David Muir delivers the news that matters most.” TikTok profile, accessed November 15, 2023. https://www.tiktok.com/@abcworldnews.

Curtin University. n.d. “Home.” LinkedIn profile, accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4RCOF-D2TD/2019. https://www.linkedin.com/school/curtinuniversity/.

National Library of Australia. n.d. “About.” Facebook page, accessed August 28, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/National.Library.of.Australia/about.

Swift, Taylor (@taylorswift). n.d. “Reels.” Instagram profile, accessed November 15, 2023. https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/reels/.

(Swift, n.d.).

OR

As posted by Swift (n.d.) …

  • For the page title, use the title on the page you are using (e.g. Home, About, Posts, Reels etc.)
  • As TikTok does not have page titles, list the first 160 characters, including spaces, of the description. If there is no description, omit the title from the reference
  • Follow the style of capitalisation used on the page, rather than the headline-style capitalisation required for titles in other reference types
  • If there is no date, use n.d. (meaning no date) in place of the year, and provide an accessed date in the format of Month Day, Year
  • For the source description, list the source (e.g. Facebook, Instagram etc.) and the type of content (e.g. page, profile etc.)