To cite online videos (YouTube, Vimeo, and many others.), you would comply with the conventions of either MLA or APA type. Be sure you test your project for quotation type necessities.

You need to include as a lot descriptive information as you'll be able to to assist your readers find the video you reference. Generally, you have to the complete name and/or display screen identify of whoever uploaded the video, publication date, title of the video, hosting web site (YouTube) and URL for video.

The final format for citing on-line videos in APA style is as follows:

Last Name, A.A. [Screen title]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. YouTube. http://xxxx

For online videos, you'll cite the individual or group who uploaded the video. This isn't necessarily the identical because the person depicted within the video (instance: a Beyoncé video uploaded by BeyFan123 would be cited underneath BeyFan123, and never the artist's identify). If you have each the complete identify and display name for the person who uploaded the video, you would include each, beginning with the person's full name. If you solely have the particular person's display screen identify, you'll format your citation as follows:

Screen title. (12 months, month day). Title of video [Video file]. YouTube. http://xxxx.

You'll see the citation now begins with the screen name only, xxx online and does not include brackets.

Example of a citation with the creator's full name:

Doe, J.J. [janedoe]. (2016, December 19). Day in the Life [Video file]. YouTube. http://xxx.

and without the creator's full identify (solely a display name):

Janedoe. (2016, December 19). Day within the Life [Video file]. YouTube. http://xxx

Your in-textual content quotation should embody the final name or screen title and the yr. Example:

(Doe, 2016) or (Janedoe, 2016).

MLA Style

The final format for citing online videos in MLA type is as follows:

"Title of video." YouTube, uploaded by Screen Name, day month year, www.youtube.com/xxxxx.

If the writer of the video will not be the identical as the one who uploaded the video, your quotation would be formatted as follows:

Author last name, First Name. "Title of video." YouTube, uploaded by Screen Name, day month year, www.youtube.com/xxxxx.

Example of quotation with totally different creator and uploader:

Beyoncé . "Sorry." YouTube, uploaded by BeyFan123, 17 December 2016, www.youtube.com/xxxx.

Example of quotation with no recognized creator or same author and uploader:

"Day in the Life." YouTube, uploaded by janedoe, 19 December 2016, www.youtube.com/xxxx.

Your in-textual content citation will rely on whether you have got the creator's last title. Basically, you will want to cite in-textual content whatever appears first in the citation on your Works Cited web page. If you're referencing a particular part of the video, MLA format additionally requires that you just specify the time within the video when that half begins.

In-textual content citation with creator:

(Last identify, 00:01:15 - 00:02:00).

In-text citation with no author or same creator and uploader:

("Title of video," 00:01:15 - 00:02:00).

Here's an instance of a Berkeley College YouTube video cited in APA and MLA codecs:

APA style

Works Cited checklist:

berkeleycollege. (2019, January 16). File Your FAFSA Today! [Video file].