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Author-page citations

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Use the details on your source. * marks essential fields. Leave optional details blank when they are not available.

Author

Who wrote it?

Author first name(s) (optional)

Use the name as published.

Author surname

Keep particles and compound surnames together, as indexed by the source.

More than one author

Author 2 first name(s) (optional)

Author 2 surname (optional)

Three or more contributors (enter the first name; the tool adds “et al.”)

Organisation name

Use only when credited as the author.

This nongovernment organisation is also the publisher (begin the entry with the title)

Source details

Web page title

For English titles, capitalise the principal words. Preserve proper names and acronyms.

Website name

Publication year

Leave blank if no publication or revision date is given.

Website publisher (if different from its name) (optional)

Publication month (optional)

Use a number from 1 (January) to 12 (December).

Publication day (optional)

Include only if your source gives the full date. Chicago journal author-date entries use the year alone.

Pages and citation details

Page(s) you are citing (optional)

For a particular passage, for example 108 or 108–110. Leave blank when citing the whole source or a source without page numbers.

Shortened title (optional)

Keep enough words to identify this source. Used for shortened notes, title-led citations or the same-author option below.

I cite more than one work by this author (include a shortened title in the in-text citation)

Online access

URL

Paste the full web address, beginning with https:// or http://.

Date accessed (optional)

Optional; useful for an undated page or content likely to change.

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