How to cite a website

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B18 / R18.2.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a website, governed by B18 / R18.2. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Caleb Madison, Tips and Tricks From a Crossword Prodigy, Atlantic: Good Word (Apr. 21, 2024), https://www.theatlantic.com/x.

Governing rules

B18 / R18.2

• 18 — the internet, electronic media & other nonprint resources.
• 18.2.1 — general internet citation principles.
• 18.2.2 — website citation (author, title, site, date, URL).
• 18.2.2(d) — the URL.

Required elements

• Website name
• URL

Optional elements

• Author
• Page / document title
• Month
• Day
• Year
• Time stamp
• “last visited” date — R18.2.1(d): only where the page carries no date of its own.
• Perma / archive URL
• On file with

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