Chicago Citation Guide - 18th Edition

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

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

(Jenkins 2016)

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

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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)

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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)

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

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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)

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.

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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...

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

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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)

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

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

(Handel 1976)

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

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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)

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

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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)