Menlo School Library: Chicago style guide: Social Media (Microblogs)

Citing Social Media Microblogs

Basic model for citing a social media microblog

Author (@username). "Title of Post/Comment." Date, Time. Name of Microblog. URL.

If the comment text is long, you can shorten it using an ellipsis.

Twitter

Note

1. Jennifer Lagarde (Library Girl), "Given the sheer amount of DIS and MAL information...," Twitter, October 8, 2023, https://x.com/jenniferlagarde/status/1711079370708889636?s=20.

Bibliography

Lagarde, Jennifer (Library Girl). "Given the sheer amount of DIS and MAL
information..." Twitter. October 8, 2023. https://x.com/jenniferlagarde/
status/1711079370708889636?s=20.

Instagram

Note

2. Menlo School Library (menloschoollibrary), "Calling all library lovers! The Menlo Library is assembling its first ever student-led advisory board...," Instagram, October 5, 2023, https://www.instagram.com/p/CyCNkrfvsCS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==.

Bibliography

Menlo School Library (menloschoollibrary). "Calling all library lovers! The
     Menlo Library is assembling its first ever student-led advisory board..."
     Instagram. October 5, 2023. https://www.instagram.com/p/CyCNkrfvsCS/
     ?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==.

TikTok

Use the film/video format to cite TikTok; similar to citing a YouTube video.