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.
| Works Cited List Example |
Naish, Darren. "If Bigfoot Were Real." Tetrapod Zoology, Scientific American Blogs, 27 June 2020, blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name) (Naish) Note: Blog posts have no page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings so this information is left out of the in-text citation. |
For more information, see the Handbook's section 2.106, pp. 66-69.
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.
| Works Cited List Example |
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/. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Host's Last Name Start Time of Revelant Section-End Time of Section) (Orton and Blennerhassett 01:15-02:22) |
For more examples, see the MLA Style Center.
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.
| Works Cited List Example |
Sethi, Ramit. "How to Write a Winning Resume, With Ramit Sethi." YouTube, uploaded by I Will Teach You to Be Rich, 23 June 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0fjkKCsM1w. Note: If the video creator is unknown, begin the citation with the title of the video. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
If video creator is known: (Last Name of Video Creator Start Time of Relevant Section-End Time of Section) (Sethi 00:03:30-00:04:16) If video creator is unknown: ("Words from Title" Start Time of Relevant Section-End Time of Section) ("Secrets of Drawing" 02:40-03:25) Note: Cite the relevant hour, minute and seconds as displayed in your media player. |
For more information on citing movies, videos, and television shows, check out the MLA Style Center.
If there are two authors, cite the the authors as follows (list authors in the order they are given on the page, not alphabetically):
Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author.
Example: Smith, James, and Sarah Johnston.
If there are three or more authors, cite only the name of the first author listed with their Last Name, First Name Middle Name followed by a comma et al.
Example: Smith, James, et al.
Author
A username can be provided in place of a real name. If both username and real name are provided, put the user name first with the real name following in brackets.
Creator information may often be found under a section called "About" for some types of social media, however this is not always standard.
Date
The format of all dates is: Date Month (shortened) Year. For example: 5 Sept. 2021.
If no date is given, leave that information out of the citation.
Errors in Spelling or Grammar in Tweets
In the citation, write out the actual Tweet and keep spelling and grammar the same as in the original, even if there are errors. However, when quoting the Tweet in your assignment, write [sic] in square brackets next to the errors to indicate the errors are not your own.
For example, if the Tweet was written "It isn't you're fault the media is violent", in your assignment, you will write: "It isn't you're [sic] fault the media is violent."
Time Stamps in Audio and Video Recordings
As there are no page numbers in audio and video recordings, include a timestamp instead. Time stamps are given in the following format:
(Author's Last Name hours:min:seconds-hours:min:seconds)
If you are citing something that is less than an hour long, you can start minutes.
Examples:
(Smith 01:15-02:20)
(Jones 01:20:15-01:22:22)