如何用MLA引用YouTube视频

Works Cited，创作者明确：

姓, 名. "视频标题." YouTube, Day Mon. Year, URL.

Works Cited，没有明确创作者：

"视频标题." YouTube, uploaded by 用户名, Day Mon. Year, URL.

Works Cited，创作者加上传者：

姓, 名. "视频标题." YouTube, uploaded by 用户名, Day Mon. Year, URL.

Works Cited，整部影片在YouTube上：

影片标题. Directed by 名 姓, 制片厂, Year. YouTube, Day Mon. Year, URL.

括号引用：

(姓) 或 ("标题") 或 (标题)

带时间戳的括号引用：

(姓 00:03:16–17)

It may be necessary to include other types of contributors if they shaped the overall presentation of the work, if your discussion focuses on their contribution, or if they are important for identifying a version of the work.

The definition of the element remains the same: a contributor is a person who had a hand in creating the work but is not its primary author.

MLA style gives authors several ways to cite YouTube videos.

The title of the video is copied exactly as it appears on YouTube.

Even if it’s clear who the author or creator of a video is, you might opt to include the name of the account that uploaded the video in the Contributor element if it provides helpful information.

Beyoncé. “Beyoncé – Pretty Hurts (Video).” YouTube, 24 Apr. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXQLa-5n5w.

“Capybara Eat Huge Pumpkin.” YouTube, uploaded by Alex Smith, 12 Jan. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YNwxZnABzA.

The name of the person or organization responsible for uploading the video should be listed in the “Other contributors” slot regardless of whether the uploader appears to be the author—that is, the same person or organization that created the video.

“2016 MLA-Prize-Winning Publications.” YouTube, uploaded by ModernLanguageAssoc, 18 Jan. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKROuhFF9dU.

If you are citing an entire work uploaded to YouTube, such as a film, use what you see on YouTube to cite the work in MLA style.

Moby Dick. Directed by John Huston, MGM, 1956. YouTube, 8 Jan. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Yc8KPH-X0.

Richardson, Tony, director. Sanctuary. Screenplay by James Poe, Twentieth Century Fox, 1961. YouTube, uploaded by LostCinemaChannel, 17 July 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnzFM_Sq8s.

In general, copy the title of the work exactly as it appears on the site.

It’s important to cite the publication details of the version you consult because parts of the original work could be cut off, distorted by poor recording quality, or even altered in invisible ways.

Night of the Comet Widescreen Full Movie 1984. YouTube, uploaded by Jen Dobbins, 20 Sept. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4pOQOt20s&t=10s.

In the movie Night of the Comet, two valley girls fend off zombies and evil scientists to survive the apocalypse. At the start of the film, the narrator says, “The citizens of Earth would get an extra Christmas present this year” (Night 1:09-12).

“G E Refrigerators Commercial with Mike Nichols and Elaine May.” YouTube, uploaded by recycledboy, 7 Nov. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPGHQYutitY.

“Elaine Maye and Mike Nicholes Freeze Each Other Out.” YouTube, uploaded by theatrecorner, 18 June 2008, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DNoNj8JzX4.

West, Kanye. Jimmy Kimmel’s Full Interview with Kanye West. YouTube, uploaded by Jimmy Kimmel Live, 10 Aug. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmZjaYdS3fA.

The title of the video is italicized because it is a stand-alone work.

Note that the entry precisely reproduces the name of the account that uploaded the video, Jimmy Kimmel Live, which differs slightly from the name of the television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!

M*A*S*H Season 10 Episode 3 Rumor at the Top. YouTube, uploaded by DINH TAN 3, 21 Jan. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rMSkzmHz1o&list=PLJz0BbTwAJLgSjC1iZI0-5duKL71efE2t&index=2.

Italicize the title since the episode is a stand-alone work, and ensure that the name of the account that uploaded the video is reproduced precisely.

Information such as series title, season number, and episode number, which typically appears as separate information, is not included in this entry because the episode was viewed on YouTube.

In-text citations are brief, unobtrusive references that direct readers to the works-cited-list entries for the sources you consulted and, where relevant, to the location in the source being cited.

An in-text citation begins with the shortest piece of information that directs your reader to the entry in the works-cited list. Thus, it begins with whatever comes first in the entry: the author’s name or the title (or description) of the work. The citation can appear in your prose or in parentheses.

When relevant, an in-text citation also has a second component: if a specific part of a work is quoted or paraphrased and the work includes a page number, line number, time stamp, or other way to point readers to the place in the work where the information can be found, that location marker must be included in parentheses.

For works in time-based media, such as audio and video recordings, cite the relevant time or time span if it is displayed. Give the numbers of the hours, minutes, and seconds as displayed in your media player, separating the numbers with colons, with no space on either side.

Buffy’s promise that “there’s not going to be any incidents like at my old school” is obviously not one that she can keep (“Buffy” 00:03:16–17).

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Unaired Pilot 1996.” YouTube, uploaded by Brian Stowe, 28 Jan. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR3J-v7QXXw.

The MLA recommends making your citations useful to your reader. A time stamp could help your reader locate the scene in a movie, video, or television show that you are discussing, so you might want to include that information.

YouTube Short，没有明确创作者：

"Short标题." YouTube, uploaded by 用户名, Day Mon. Year, URL.

视频下的评论：

评论者姓名. Comment on "视频标题." YouTube, Day Mon. Year, URL.

已录制的直播：

"直播标题." YouTube, uploaded by 用户名, Day Mon. Year, URL.

“What Is the MLA International Bibliography?” Vimeo, uploaded by MLA International Bibliography, 14 Oct. 2016, vimeo.com/187399565.

Slip Slip Knit (SSK). YouTube, uploaded by TheKnitWitch, 14 Feb. 2007, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwcYW3GG3M.