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General Rules: Citing Blog Posts

In-text Citation: Information to Include

In-text citations and signal phrases can be woven into sentences and paragraphs in multiple ways, and what you emphasize depends on what information will be most relevant and/or persuasive to your reader. However, the following information should always be included:

  • Attributive tag or signal phrase that introduces your source
  • Author
  • Date

 

Reference Citation: Information to Include

Authorlastname, Authorfirstinitial. (Year, Month Day). Blog post title in sentence case. Blog Title in Italics. URL_but_not_active_hyperlink

 

Specific Example: Blog Post with a Single Author

In-text Citation Options

Financial advisor and blogger Joshua Brown (2018) addressed the widening wealth gap in the US and examined how gains for capital markets have made an uneven “two-track system.”

 

One post from The Reformed Broker addressed the widening wealth gap in the US and examined how gains for capital markets have made an uneven “two-track system” (Brown, 2018).

                         Note: Blog titles are italicized in the body of a document.

 

References Page Entry

Brown, J. M. (2018, March 1). Something to live for. The Reformed Broker.

            http://thereformedbroker.com/2018/03/01/something-to-live-for/