Always cite the format watched. The APA and MLA suck (still) when it comes to media, so I invented GMS (that's the Gary Manual of Style): http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/mla.html Basically a fleshed out riff on MLA (the page has been hit about 1.5 million times in the last two years, so I'm corrupting a whole new generation of film researchers)
gary > Hi all, > > A very persnickety question. When citing film with the new APA style > guidelines, 6th edition, is format always listed as [motion picture] or > can it be a more medium specific, [DVD]. > > Thanks, > Kim > > > Kim Stanton > Head, Media Library > University of North Texas > [email protected] > P: (940) 565-4832 > F: (940) 369-7396 > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
