CMoS 18 (notes and bibliography) with accessed date for all web sources

maarten1012
[Split from Implementation of the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition]

Hey everyone, I would like to use CMoS 18 (notes and bibliography) in UK English, but my professor urges me to include the accessed date for all web sources, even if they have a publication date. How should I modify the code? (I am an absolute noob when it comes to coding and the visual editor keeps crashing)
  • dunning
    edited 2 days ago
    Your professor might be thinking of MHRA style, which is more common than Chicago in the UK and always displays the access date for URLs. The easiest option might be to use that style guide.

    CMOS 13.15 makes it an option to record access dates for all URLs, but this doesn't currently appear as a variant in the Zotero styles repository because the manual frames the practice as not technically incorrect but inadvisable. It would be possible to add this as a variant in the repository if there is a demonstrated need for it.

    Modifying the style to show access dates regardless of whether the source has a date is only a matter of removing the line <else-if match="any" variable="available-date event-date issued status"/> found twice in the code. (This is assuming that you still want to omit the access date for DOIs, as MHRA does.)
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