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Chicago Citation Guide

Films (VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray)

Template

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

Example

Jenkins, Barry, dir. 2016. Moonlight. Lionsgate, 2017. Blu-ray Disc.

(Jenkins 2016)

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

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

Examples

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

(Khan Academy 2017)

Pariser, Eli. 2011. "Beware 'Online Filter Bubbles.'" Filmed March 2011. TED, 9 min., 4 sec. https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.

(Pariser 2011)

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

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Creator. Year. Title of Video. Month/Day. Format. URL (if possible).

Examples

Parallel Lines. 2003. Animal Sapiens. 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, 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, 145 min.

(Ibsen 2012)

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

(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.

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Interviewee. Year. "Title of Interview, if given." Interview by Interviewer. Title of Show/Website, Month/Day. URL.

Example

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

Personal Interview Example

In an interview with botanist John Smith on October 14, 2024, he mentioned that...

Music Recordings

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Vocalist/Artist. Year. "Title of Song." Track on Album. Label, released Month/Day. Format.

Examples

Adele, vocalist. 2011. "Set Fire to the Rain." By Adele and Fraser T. Smith. Track 5 on 21. XL/Columbia, released January 24. MP3 audio. 

(Adele 2011)

Adele. 2011. 21. XL/Columbia, released January 24, compact disc.

(Adele 2011)

Musical Scores

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Composer. (Original Year) Published Year. Title of Score, Libretto by Name. Publisher.

Examples

Handel, George Frideric. (1746) 1976. Adagio and March, HWV 62. Arranged by Sidney Lawton. Novello & Company. Music and Dance Online.

(Handel 1976)

Podcasts

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Host, host. Year. Title of Show, podcast, season X, episode X, "Title of Episode." Publisher, Month/Day. URL.

Example

McElroy, Sydnee, and Justin McElroy, hosts. 2017. Sawbones, podcast, episode 201, "The Presidential Fitness Test." Maximum Fun, September 17. http://www.maximumfun.org/sawbones/sawbones-presidential-physical-fitness-test.

(McElroy and McElroy 2017)

Artwork

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Artist. Year. 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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