• Cite documents published on the internet according to the specific guidelines for the type of document. More specific information is available for Books and Journal Articles.
• Government reports and company annual reports are examples of documents that may be published on the internet.
• Government and company reports are cited as Books.
• Titles of websites are not italicised or placed in quotation marks: CMOS 14.103
• Titled sections and pages within a website can be placed in quotation marks.
• Include an access date only if there is no date of publication or revision.
• URLs are usually recorded whole. Do not shorten them using a third-party service such as TinyURL, Bitly, or shortDOI as these can obscure details required to locate the source.
• If a Social Media post has no title, quote up to the first 280 characters of the post instead.
Please note: If no author or editor is given and the document is not a part, article or chapter, then citation is by title.
Standard format for citation
Internet Document:
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Author, A. A. "Document Title." Publisher, Date of publication. URL. |
Web Page:
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Author, A. A. "Page Title." Site Title (omit if same as author). Published or Updated or Accessed Month Day, Year. URL. |
Website:
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Website Owner. Website Title. Published or Updated or Accessed Month Day, Year. URL. |
Blog Post:
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Author, A. A. "Title of Post." Title of Blog (blog). Date of Publication as Month Day, Year. URL. |
Social Media post:
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Creator, A. A. "Title of Entry OR up to the first 280 characters." Platform name, Month Day, Year. URL. |
Social Media page:
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Creator, A. A. "Title of Page." Platform name, Month Day, Year. URL. |
Government Report:
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Author, A. A. Report Title: Subtitle. Catalogue/Report number if available. Publisher, Year. URL or DOI. |
Blog entries
Schmidt, Ben. "Biblio Bizarre: Who Publishes in Google Books." Sapping Attention (blog). April 23, 2014. http://sappingattention.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/biblio-bizarre-who-publishes-in-google.html.
Social Media page
National Library of Australia. "National Library of Australia's Facebook Page." Facebook, August 28, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/National.Library.of.Australia/.
Social Media post
Murdoch University Library. "Poet Speak." Facebook, October 26, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/murdochlibrary/.
Sookie and Ivy (@SookieandIvy). “Do Your Dogs Like Any of These Snacks #nomnomnom #tastetesting #WildAnimals #fyp #foryoupage #staffysoftiktok.” TikTok, December 4, 2020. https://www.tiktok.com/@sookieandivy/video/6902524226389953798.
Government publication: Australian government agency document
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Social Trends: Using Statistics to Paint a Picture of Australian Society, Cat. no. 4102.0. Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010. http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/82A5CEFA5963E139CA2577F80010E013/$File/41020_astdec2010.pdf.
Government publication: Government department document
Department of Treasury and Finance. Reducing the Burden: Report of the Red Tape Reduction Group. Victorian Auditor General's Office, 2009. http://www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/uploadedFiles/Home/Publications/Independent_Reports/reducing_the_burden.pdf?n=1005.
Website
University of California. Calisphere. Accessed on October 27, 2016. https://calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu.
Web Page
State Records Office of Western Australia. "Retention and Disposal of State Records." Government of Western Australia. Updated May 28, 2024. www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/retention-and-disposal-of-state-records.
Australian Electoral Commission. "A Short History of Federal Electoral Reform in Australia." Updated October 8, 2019. http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/history.htm.
Legislation: Commonwealth
Domicile Act 1982 (Commonwealth). Consolidated, July 10, 2008. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/da198283/.
Legislation: State
Dog Act 1989 (Western Australia). Version 06-a0-02. http://www.slp.wa.gov.au.
Working paper (cited as per Theses)
Schlee, Gunther, and Isir Schlee. "Limits to Political Engagement: The Case of the Somali Diaspora." Working Paper Series 125. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany, 2010. http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/publications/working_papers/pdf/mpi-eth-working-paper-0125.pdf.