Citing an Online Database

army-jag341

Hi, I am trying to cite the FBI Uniform Crime Explorer (https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend), but I am having a hard time deciding what the adequate parameters are. Would you please let me know what you suggest?
Thank you

bwiernik

I would use Webpage for this. Include the title and publication date or access date

army-jag341

Would you add the FBI as the author or as a website title? There have been times where there is no specific author but information put out by a particular institution, and I know that there is a setting to suppress the author field, but I am unsure how to use it in these cases. I hope this makes sense. If it does not please, let me know, and I can clarify. Thank you so much!

bwiernik

What citation style are you using ?

army-jag341

Chicago

bwiernik

I would make the title “FBI Uniform Crime Explorer” and the publisher “Federal Bureau of Investigation”. I would leave author blank or alternatively make it “FBI” to make the intext citations shorter.

army-jag341

Thank you so much for your help and suggestions.