Guide to Poetry & Literature Webcasts

Citing Webcasts and Streaming Video Files

The content and structure of a citation for a webcast or streaming video file depends on the citation style selected for documentation. The examples below follow MLA citation style, which is widely used in the humanities. They attempt to adhere to the recommendations in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, especially its section "Citing Electronic Publications" (207-235). The examples are not definitive; the MLA Handbook should always be consulted for authoritative guidelines on citing streaming video according to MLA style.

Examples

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Concord Hymn." Read by William Jefferson Clinton. Favorite
        Poem Project. Lib. of Congress, Washington. 24 Mar. 2004 <http://realserver.bu.edu:8080/
        ramgen/f/a/favoritepoem/video/bclinton.rm>.

Gilb, Dagoberto. Oct. 2003. National Book Festival Cybercasts: 2002. Lib. of Congress,
        Washington. 23 Mar. 2004 <http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/2002/program/pavilions/
        cybercast/fiction/gilb.ram>.

Kresh, David. "Langston Hughes and His Poetry." 12 Sept. 2003. Journeys & Crossings.
        Lib. of Congress, Washington. 23 Mar. 2004 <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/
        journey/video/lahughes.ram>.

Source

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York:
        Modern Language Association of America, 2003.