Websites, Media and Personal Sources

Author (the username, for web content), quoted title, then the website name in italics with the date in brackets, then the link in angle brackets. Prefer a persistent link — Perma.cc or a DOI — which needs no access date; an ordinary link takes ‘accessed’ and the date (r 3.7.1).

A social media post cites the username as it appears (keep the @ for X), the platform in italics, the date and the time with its zone (r 3.7.1). Video and audio pinpoint by timestamp, before the link.

A lecture or speech takes its occasion and location in brackets with the date (r 3.7.3); an interview you conducted opens ‘Interview with’ (r 3.7.4); a thesis italicises its title and brackets the degree, university and year (r 3.7.6); a newspaper article italicises the paper and gives the page where one exists (r 3.7.7).

Emails and letters cite sender, recipient and date — ‘author’ where that is you (r 3.7.12). Generative AI output is new in the 5th edition: the system is the author, your instructions are quoted, and the developer and generation date follow (r 3.7.13).