How to Cite a Video/Online Media in Harvard Referencing

通过示例、文内引用和应避免的常见错误来学习准确的格式。

引用格式

基本模板

Creator (Year) 'Video Title', Platform, available at: URL (accessed: Day Month Year).

引用组成部分

Creator/Channel

Organization or individual name.

Year

Year of upload in parentheses.

Video Title

In single quotation marks. Sentence case.

Platform

YouTube, Vimeo, TED, etc.

URL

Full video URL after 'available at:'

Access Date

Day Month Year in parentheses.

实际示例

示例来源

creator

Stanford Online

year

2022

title

Machine learning basics

platform

YouTube

url

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

access_date

10 July 2023

格式化引用

Stanford Online (2022) 'Machine learning basics', YouTube, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example (accessed: 10 July 2023).

文内引用

(Stanford Online 2022)

(Creator Year)

常见错误

错误:

(Stanford Online, 2022) - using comma

正确:

(Stanford Online 2022) - use space

原因: Harvard uses space between creator and year.

错误:

Stanford Online. 2022. Machine Learning Basics. YouTube. https://...

正确:

Stanford Online (2022) 'Machine learning basics', YouTube, available at: https://... (accessed: Day Month Year).

原因: Use (Year), single quotation marks for title, 'available at:' phrase, and access date in parentheses.

错误:

Stanford, Online. 2022. Video on machine learning. Accessed 7/10/23.

正确:

Stanford Online (2022) 'Machine learning basics', YouTube, available at: https://... (accessed: 10 July 2023).

原因: Use organization name correctly, full video title, and written date format (not numerical).

常见问题

Do I need the access date?

Yes, Harvard requires (accessed: Day Month Year) for online videos.

What if the video has no official uploader name?

Use the channel name as the creator.

Can I include a timestamp for specific content?

Add the timestamp to the URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxx&t=120s

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