Citation Examples for “Works Cited” List: Media

At the end of your paper, you must provide an alphabetical listing of all the works you have cited in your paper. This requirement includes both work you have actually quoted and work you have summarized or paraphrased. The information is arranged alphabetically according to the author's last name or (when there is no author identified) by title.

Elements:

Film/Video:

Title. Director. Other significant information as pertinent (e.g., Writer, Performers). Original Release Date, if relevant. Distributor. Year of Release. Medium [Film or DVD or Videocassette or Filmstrip]

Television/Radio:

"Title of the Episode or Segment." Title of the Program or Series. Name of the Network, if any. Call Letters, City of Local Station. Broadcast Date. Medium [Radio or Television]

Film, Videocassette, Videodisc, and Filmstrips (MLA Handbook, 5.7.3)

It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946. Film.

It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. 1946. RKO, 2001. DVD.

Go Back to Mexico! Prod. Galan for Frontline. PBS Video, 1994. Videocassette

Television Program (MLA Handbook, 5.7.1)

"Bob Woodward: The War Within." Sixty Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York. 7 Sept. 2008. Television.

Radio Program (MLA Handbook, 5.7.1)

"The Giant Pool of Money." This American Life. Natl. Public Radio. WNYC, New York. 29 May 2008. Radio.

Online sound recording (MLA Handbook, 5.6.2b)

Lawrence, Jacob. "Jacob Lawrence Talks about Color." Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line. Flash ed. Phillips Collection, 2001. Web. 12 Mar. 2009.

Podcasts (MLA Handbook, 5.8.17)

If podcast was streamed online, cite as a sound recording (see above). For podcasts and other digital sound files (that have been downloaded), see Digital Files.

Online Video (MLA Handbook, 5.6.2d and 5.7.3)

Bilgil, Melih, dir. History of the Internet. Melih Bilgil, 4 Jan. 2009. YouTube. Web. 17 Aug. 2009.

The Story of Stuff. Perf. Annie Leonard. Free Range Studios, 2007. Storyofstuff.com. Web. 20 Aug. 2009.

Vice Presidential Candidate Gov. Sarah Palin (AK) Full Speech at the RNC. C-Span, 3 Sept. 2008. YouTube. Web. 10 Sept. 2008.

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