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Citing Media

Podcasts

Format:

Host's Last Name, First Name, host(s). "Title of Podcast Episode." Title of Overall Podcast, Season Number if given, Episode Number if given, Web Site Hosting if Different From Podcast Title, Day Month Year of Episode, URL of Episode. Accessed Day Month Year podcast was downloaded/played.

Orton, Tyler, and Patrick Blennerhassett, hosts. "Lessons From the Brexit." BIV Podcast, episode 18, Business Vancouver, 28 June 2016, www.biv.com/article/2016/6/biv-podcast-episode-18-lessons-brexit/. Accessed 2 July 2016.

Recorded Music

Format:

Artist. "Song Title." Album Title, Record Label, Year of Release. Format

Coldplay. "Fix You." X & Y, Capitol Records, 2005. CD

Films & Movies

DVD or Film

Format:

Title of Movie. Contributor(s). Publisher/Production Company, Year of Release. 

The World's End. Dir. Edgar Wright. Perf. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Universal Studios, 2013.

Film from Streaming Video Service

Format:

Title of Movie. Contributor(s). Publisher/Production Company, Year of Release. Name of Streaming Service.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Dir. George Lucas. Twentieth Century Fox, 1977. DisneyPlus.

Blogs and Discussion Groups

Blog

Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name or Username if real name not provided. "Title of Blog Post." Name of Blog, Blog Network/Publisher if given, Day Month Year of blog post, URL of blog post. Accessed Day Month Year blog was visited.

Naish, Darren. "If Bigfoot Were Real." Tetrapod Zoology, Scientific American Blogs, 27 June 2016, blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/. Accessed 28 June 2016.

Discussion Group

Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name or username if real name not provided. “Title of the thread.” Name of the forum, date of the comment. URL.

Patel, Marte. “Trouble Installing Editoria.” Editoria development Web forum, 12 June 2017. Google Groups, groups.google.com/a/ucpress.edu/forum/#!forum/editoria-development.

Online Video (including YouTube)

Format:

Last Name, First Name of video creator or Username of Creator. "Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, uploaded by Username, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.

ā€‹AsapScience. "What If You Stopped Sleeping?" YouTube. Uploaded by AsapScience, 22 Sept. 2013. Web. 25 Sept. 2013. <http://youtu.be/nNhDkKAvxFk>. Accessed 18 Oct. 2011

Twitter & Facebook

Twitter

Format:

Twitter Handle (First Name Last Name if known). "The entire tweet word-for-word." Twitter, Day Month Year of Tweet, Time of Tweet, URL.

DrMayaAngelou (Maya Angelou). "I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision." 6 June 2013, 1:45 p.m. https://twitter.com/drmayaangelou/status/309320123217489920.

Facebook Post

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name or Account Name. Description of Post. Facebook, Day Month Year of Post, Time of Post, URL. Accessed Day Month Year post was viewed.

Rick Mercer Report. Spread the Net Challenge Winners 2016. Facebook, 23 Mar. 2016, 9:00 a.m., www.facebook.com/rickmercerreport. Accessed 26 June 2016. 

Television

Television Series Episode

Format:

"Title of Episode." Title of TV Series, Contributors Name(s), season, episode,  Production Company, Year of Release. 

"The One Where Chandler Can't Cry." Friends, created by Marta Kauffman, performance by Matthew Perry, season 6, episode 14, Warner Brothers, 2004. 

Television Series Episode from Video Streaming Service

Format:

"Title of Episode." Title of TV Series, Contributors Name(s), season, episode,  Production Company, Year of Release, Name of Streaming Service. 

"The Gathering." Outlander, developed by Ronald D. Moore, performances by Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, season 1, episode 4, Left Bank Picture/Sony Pictures Television Production, 2014. Netflix.