Citing Non-Print Resources

Television & Radio Programs  |  Films  |  Filmstrips, Videocassettes, DVDs, & Slides

Television & Radio Programs

The information in an entry for a television or radio program usually appears in the following order:  
1. Title of the episode or segment (in quotation marks)
2.  Title of the program (underlined)
3.  Title of the series 
4.  Name of the network
5.  Call letters and city of the local station 
6.  Broadcast date
If director, narrator, or producer is pertinent, include information as illustrated below:  

The Buccaneers.  By Edith Wharton.  Adapt. Maggie Wadey. Perf.  

          Mira Sorvino, Alison Elliott, and Carla Gugino.  3 episodes. 

          Masterpiece Theater. Introd. Russell Baker.  PBS.  WGBH,

          Boston. 27 Apr. 11. -May 1997.

"Death and Society." Narr.  Joanne Silberner.  Weekend Edition

        Sunday. Natl.  Public Radio. WUWM, Milwaukee.  25 Jan.  1998.

"Frankenstein: The making of the Monster."  Great Books. Narr.

         Donald Sutherland. Writ. Eugenie Vink.  Dir. Jonathan Ward. 

          Learning Channel. 8 Sept. 1993. 

 Films:
Structure: Title. Director. Distributor. Release Date (if relevant). The medium before the name of the distributor. Include other data that seem pertinent—such as writer(s), performer(s), and producer—between title and distributor. When citing the contribution of a particular individual, begin with that person’s name.

It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna

          Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO 1946.

Chaplin, Charles, dir. Modern Times. Perf. Chaplin and Paulette

           Goddard. United Artists, 1936.

Filmstrips, Videocassettes,  DVDs, & Slides

 Same as films, but include the original release date (if relevant) also include the medium before the distributor.

Hitchcock, Alfred, dir. Suspicion. Perf. Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine.

       1941. Laser disc. Turner, 1995.

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