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Citation rules/Internet and media

Internet and media.

URLs, databases, recordings, and broadcast material.

103 rules on 11 pages of the book.

In this chapter

18.2The Internet27
18.3AI-Generated Content4
18.4CD-ROM and Other Electronic Storage Media2
18.5Electronic Storage Media7
18.6Microform6
18.7Videographic Media13
18.8Audio Recordings and Streaming7
18.9Images7
18.10Social Media12
18.11Hardware and Software15
18.12Short Citation Forms3

18.2The Internet

18.2.1(c)Move the explanation after the URL
18.2.1(c)Move the parenthetical before the URL
18.2.1(d)Add the archive link
18.2.1(d)Move the archive link after the URL
18.2.1(d)Use brackets around the archive URL
18.2.2Add a comma before the URL
18.2.2(a)Abbreviate the author's name
18.2.2(a)Remove italics from the author's name
18.2.2(a)Remove the repeated author name
18.2.2(a)Use an italic “on” before the page cited
18.2.2(b)Replace the title with the page's heading
18.2.2(b)(i)Abbreviate the site's name
18.2.2(b)(i)Add the site's name before the address
18.2.2(b)(i)Use small caps for the site's name
18.2.2(b)(ii)Lowercase the short word in the title
18.2.2(b)(v)Move the title before the platform
18.2.2(c)Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
18.2.2(c)Add the time zone after the time
18.2.2(c)Move the “last visited” note after the URL
18.2.2(c)Move the date after the pincite
18.2.2(c)Use the larger time zone
18.2.2(c)Use the twenty-four-hour clock
18.2.2(d)Add a parenthetical explaining the link
18.2.2(d)Replace the link with the page’s address
18.2.2(d)Replace the shortener with the full address
18.2.2(e)Replace the alternate server with “www”
18.2.2(g)Move the pincite before the address

18.3AI-Generated Content

18.3(a)Add the name of the prompt’s author
18.3(a)Add the parenthetical naming the PDF
18.3(a)Replace the URL with the PDF’s location
18.3(b)Move the comma outside the quotation mark

18.4CD-ROM and Other Electronic Storage Media

Replace the link with the database number
18.4(b)Add the version searched or the date

18.5Electronic Storage Media

18.5(a)Add the device before the date
18.5(a)Add the file name in brackets
18.5(a)Add the file's owner
18.5(a)Add the parenthetical locating the file
18.5(b)Abbreviate the folder owner's name
18.5(b)Add the missing file details
18.5(b)Add the missing folder details

18.6Microform

Add the network before the medium
Italicize the broadcast's title
Replace the link with the video's address
18.6(a)Add the microform publisher
18.6(a)Add the original citation
18.6(b)Add the microform set's publisher

18.7Videographic Media

18.7.1Add the film's release year
18.7.1Add the on-file parenthetical
18.7.1Use ", at" for a film's pinpoint
18.7.2Add the date to the medium parenthetical
18.7.2Italicize the whole episode name
18.7.2Use small caps for the series name
18.7.3Add the on-file parenthetical
18.7.3(b)Add the streaming account
18.7.4Add the account that posted the video
18.7.4Add the upload date to the parenthetical
18.7.4Use “, at” before the timestamp
18.7.4Use small caps and italics
18.7.4Use the parenthetical for the platform

18.8Audio Recordings and Streaming

Italicize the image's title
18.8.1(a)Abbreviate the recording label's name
18.8.1(a)Move the access medium before the time marker
18.8.1(b)Add the locating parenthetical
18.8.1(c)Add the release date to the parenthetical
18.8.1(c)Move the access medium into the parenthetical
18.8.3Abbreviate the affiliation

18.9Images

Abbreviate the reprint author's name
Add the emoji's Unicode number
Add the omitted emoji's Unicode number
Move the kind of work before the year
Move the reprint year after the author
Remove the pincite or the page reference
18.9(a)Add the subsection title

18.10Social Media

18.10.1Add a permanent location for the post
18.10.1Add the poster's handle
18.10.1Use Reddit's “u/” handle form
18.10.1Use the platform's handle form
18.10.1(a)Add the date of posting
18.10.1(a)Add the type of content
18.10.1(c)Remove the date parenthetical
18.10.1(d)Use the repost parenthetical's form
18.10.1(e)Add the poster's instance
18.10.2Add the on-file parenthetical
18.10.2(a)Use the three-name “et al.” form
18.10.2(b)Add the time the message was sent

18.11Hardware and Software

18.11.1Remove the feature specifications
18.11.1Use small caps for the manufacturer
18.11.2(a)Abbreviate the developer’s name
18.11.2(a)Add the platform it is emulated on
18.11.2(a)Add the version label
18.11.2(a)Add the version number
18.11.2(a)Italicize the software's name
18.11.2(a)Remove the repeated developer name
18.11.2(a)Use small caps for the developer
18.11.2(b)Add the owner or the software’s name
18.11.2(b)Replace the URL or the file name
18.11.2(b)Use the repository’s closing date
18.11.3(a)Add the date-and-time parenthetical
18.11.3(a)Add the time to the date parenthetical
18.11.3(b)Add the network to the parenthetical

18.12Short Citation Forms

18.12(a)Add the subsection title
18.12(a)Shorten the author to the surname
18.12(e)Remove the other parties from the short form

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