How to Cite a Video/Online Media in Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date)

Aprende el formato exacto con ejemplos, citas en texto y errores comunes a evitar.

Formato de cita

Plantilla básica

(Creator Year) Reference: Creator. Year. "Video Title." Platform. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Componentes de la cita

Creator/Channel

Organization or individual name.

Year

Year of upload or publication.

Video Title

In quotation marks. Sentence case.

Platform

YouTube, Vimeo, TED, etc.

Access Date

Month Day, Year. Include 'Accessed' before date.

URL

Full video URL.

Ejemplo real

Fuente de ejemplo

creator

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell

year

2022

title

How to become immortal

platform

YouTube

access_date

July 10, 2023

url

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example

Cita formateada

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. 2022. "How to Become Immortal." YouTube. Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example.

Cita en texto

(Kurzgesagt 2022)

(Creator Year)

Errores comunes

Incorrecto:

(Kurzgesagt 2022) - no access date in reference

Correcto:

Reference should include: Accessed Month Day, Year

Por qué: Chicago author-date requires access date for online videos.

Incorrecto:

Kurzgesagt. 2022. How to Become Immortal. YouTube.

Correcto:

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. 2022. "How to Become Immortal." YouTube. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

Por qué: Include full channel name, title in quotation marks, access date, and complete URL.

Incorrecto:

(Kurzgesagt, 2022) - using comma between creator and year

Correcto:

(Kurzgesagt 2022) - use space, not comma

Por qué: Chicago author-date uses space between creator and year.

Preguntas frecuentes

What if the video has no official creator name? ▼

Use the channel name as the creator: Channel Name. Year. "Title." Platform. Accessed...

Should I include the exact upload date or is the year enough? ▼

Year is sufficient for most cases. The access date is what's required in Chicago style.

Can I include a timestamp for specific content in the video? ▼

Add the timestamp to the URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxx&t=120s or mention it in your text.

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