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Check out the "How to Build a Citation" section for more information on how to find and format individual elements of the citation. If an element is not present (e.g. other contributors), leave it out.

 

Citation Recipe:

  1. Author.   
  2. Title of source.      High Tide of the Confederacy: 1863, the Turning Point in the War.
  3. Title of container,    Films Media Group,
  4. Other contributors,    
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers, 
  8. Publication date,     1987,
  9. Location.    https://ezproxy.southtexascollege.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=99118&xtid=40513.

Example:

In-Text Citation:
("High" 10:12-11:09)

Works Cited:

High Tide of the Confederacy: 1863, the Turning Point in the War. Films Media Group, 1987,

https://ezproxy.southtexascollege.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=99118&xtid=40513. 

Check out the "How to Build a Citation" section for more information on how to find and format individual elements of the citation. If an element is not present (e.g. other contributors), leave it out.

 

Citation Recipe:

  1. Author.   chari326.
  2. Title of source.      "Browser the Library Cat in the Library."
  3. Title of container,     YouTube,
  4. Other contributors,    
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers, 
  8. Publication date,     30 Oct. 2007,
  9. Location.     www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mI7HKD6CQ.

Example:

In-Text Citation:
(chari326)

Works Cited:
chari326. "Browser the Library Cat in the Library." YouTube, 30 Oct. 2007, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mI7HKD6CQ.

Check out the "How to Build a Citation" section for more information on how to find and format individual elements of the citation. If an element is not present (e.g. other contributors), leave it out.

 

Citation Recipe:

  1. Author.     Mollerus, Sharon.
  2. Title of source.      "#Flowers."
  3. Title of container,     Flickr,
  4. Other contributors,    
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers,    
  8. Publication date,     19 July 2016,
  9. Location.     www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/28413819795/.

Example:

In-Text Citation:
(Mollerus)

Works Cited:
Mollerus, Sharon. "#Flowers." Flickr, 19 July 2016, www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/28413819795/.

Check out the "How to Build a Citation" section for more information on how to find and format individual elements of the citation. If an element is not present (e.g. other contributors), leave it out.

 

Citation Recipe:

  1. Author.    
  2. Title of source.      Hugo.
  3. Title of container,    
  4. Other contributors,     Directed by Martin Scorsese,
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers,    Paramount,
  8. Publication date,     2011,
  9. Location.    

Example:

In-Text Citation:
(Hugo)

Works Cited:
Hugo. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Paramount, 2011.

Tip:

To read more about who to cite when discussing a movie or a television show, check out page 24 of the MLA Handbook.