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How to Reference

Basic Format to Reference Multimedia Materials

Format for footnotes from a podcast, video file, or any other form of digital media.

  • If there is no episode title use the program title instead.
  • Format details should be included in square brackets after the title.
  • Add the URL and date accessed for online multimedia.

Example:

1The Euthanasia Debate [online video], Presenter A. Denton, Sydney, Australia, Studio 10, 2016, https://youtu.be/w4Aq1-H2GD0, (accessed 2 January 2019).

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Film or Documentary

1 The Red Badge of Courage [dvd], Director J. Huston, Burbank, CA, MGM, 1951.

The Red Badge of Courage [dvd], Director J. Huston, Burbank, CA, MGM, 1951.

Podcast

1'Fungi and Mould', The Health Report [podcast], Presenter N. Swan, Sydney, NSW, ABC Radio National, 1999, http://www.abc.ney.au/healthreport/stories/1999/48140.htm, (accessed 10 March 2003).

'Fungi and Mould', The Health Report [podcast], Presenter N. Swan, Sydney, NSW, ABC Radio National, 1999, http://www.abc.ney.au/healthreport/stories/1999/48140.htm, (accessed 10 March 2003).

Web Video

1 Death Debate: Should Euthanasia be Legalised? [online video], Presenter B. Dutt, Mumbai, India, NDTV, 2007, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FOwchgglc, (accessed 12 January 2012).

Death Debate: Should Euthanasia be Legalised? [online video], Presenter B. Dutt, Mumbai, India, NDTV, 2007, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FOwchgglc, (accessed 12 January 2012).