Library: Streaming Video & Audio Database Collections: Cite a Video or Audio

All Citation Guides

Comprehensive guides for:

MLA Citations
(Based on the MLA Handbook, 2021)
APA 7 Citations
(Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020)
CMOS Citations
(Based on The Chicago Manual of Style, 2017)

Your instructor shall tell you which citation style you should use or check your course syllabus!

Each guide instructs you how to format your research papers and how to cite sources you use to support your research.

Note: Quick and Tech Guides with more guidance can be found on the library's home page under Research Help.

Cite Video or Audio Using MLA

How to Cite a Movie, Video, or Television Show and How to Cite Audio Works from style.mla.org.

YouTube Video

"Everything Wrong with The Room in 8 Minutes or Less.” YouTube, uploaded by CinemaSins, 29 Jan. 2013, youtu.be/mvuwldnG7c0.

Streaming Film

Fargo. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, performances by Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, and Steve Buscemi, Orion Pictures, 8 Mar. 1996. Hulu, www.hulu.com/watch/687573.

On your Works Cited page remember to use a hanging indent and double-space your citations.

Cite a Streaming Video Using APA

YouTube or other streaming video

Columbus State Librarians.(2020, May 15). APA format – Online media (websites, OER and social media). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiPLMfwP7cM