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Chicago Citation Guide

Videos (VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray)

Template

Director, dir. Year of film release. Title of Film. Location: Publisher, Year of video release. Format.

Example

Jenkins, Barry, dir. 2016. Moonlight. Santa Monica, CA: Lionsgate, 2017. Blu-ray Disc.

(Jenkins 2016)

Online Videos (e.g., YouTube, TED)

Template

Creator. Year. "Title of Video." Full date. Format, Length. URL.

Examples

Khan Academy. 2017. "Ancient China." January 25, 2017. YouTube video, 7:27. https://youtu.be/g9SGpnheXek.

(Khan Academy 2017)

Pariser, Eli. 2011. "Beware 'Online Filter Bubbles.'" Filmed March 2011. TED video, 9:04. https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.

(Pariser 2011)

Streaming Videos (e.g., Netflix, Films on Demand)

Template

Creator. Year. Title of Video. Full date. Format. URL (if possible).

Examples

Parallel Lines. 2003. Animal Sapiens. Accessed July 2, 2018. Films on Demand video. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=99198&xtid=118696.

(PBS 2014)

Foster, Jodie, dir. 2017. Black Mirror. Season 4, episode 2, "Arkangel." Aired December 29, 2017, on Netflix.

(Foster 2017)

Digital Theatre+

The library database Digital Theatre+ contains several types of videos, including filmed plays and supplemental videos. Click the Information link under a play to find more information.

Filmed Play Template

Playwright. Year. Title of Play. Directed by director. Location: Theater. Digital Theatre+ video, length.

Supplemental Video Template

Digital Theatre+. Year. "Title of Video." Digital Theatre+ video, length.

Examples

Ibsen, Henrik. 2012. A Doll's House. Directed by Carrie Cracknell. London: Young Vic Theatre. Digital Theatre+ video, 02:25:00.

(Ibsen 2012)

Digital Theatre+. 2013. "On Acting: Dominic Rowan." Digital Theatre+ video, 20:55.

(Digital Theatre+ 2013.)

Television Episodes

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Director. Year. Title of Show. Season, Episode, "Episode Title." Air date, on Network. URL (if possible).

Examples

Foster, Jodie, dir. 2017. Black Mirror. Season 4, episode 2, "Arkangel." Aired December 29, 2017, on Netflix.

(Foster 2017)

Weiner, Matthew, dir. 2015. Mad Men. Season 7, episode 14, "Person to Person." Aired May 17, 2015, on AMC.

(Weiner 2015)

Interviews

Use for retrievable interviews only. Personal interviews should be cited in the text only.

Template

Interviewee. Year. Interview by Interviewer. Title of Show, Full date. URL.

Example

Yousafzai, Malala. 2013. Interview by Diane Sawyer. ABC World News, October 7, 2013. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/diane-sawyer-sits-inspirational-malala-yousafzai-20499735.

(Yousafzai 2013)

Music Recordings

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Vocalist/Artist. Year. "Title of Song." Track on Album. Label. Format.

Examples

Adele, vocalist. 2011. "Set Fire to the Rain." By Adele and Fraser T. Smith. Track 5 on 21. XL/Columbia. MP3 audio. 

(Adele 2011)

Adele. 2011. 21. XL/Columbia, compact disc.

(Adele 2011)

Podcasts

Template

Host. Year. "Title of Episode." Title of Show, Full date. Podcast, Format, Length. URL.

Example

McElroy, Sydnee and Justin McElroy. 2017. "The Presidential Fitness Test." Sawbones, September 17, 2017. Podcast, MP3 audio, 36:03. http://www.maximumfun.org/sawbones/sawbones-presidential-physical-fitness-test.

(McElroy and McElroy 2017)

Artwork

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Artist. Date. Title of Work. Medium information. Location. URL.

Examples

Frelinghuysen, Suzy. 1943. Cubist Still Life. 9 × 13.” Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL.

(Frelinghuysen 1943)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William. 1843. The Lake of Zug. Watercolor over graphite, 11 3/4 x 18 3/8” (29.8 x 46.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337499.

(Turner 1843)

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