How to cite a online video

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B18 / R18.7.1.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a online video, governed by B18 / R18.7.1. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Hbomberguy, Plagiarism and You(Tube), at 34:19 (YouTube, Dec. 2, 2023), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ&t=8233s (on file with the University of Pennsylvania Law Review).

Governing rules

B18 / R18.7.1

• 18 — the internet, electronic media & other nonprint resources.
• 18.7.4 — web-based videos.

Required elements

None.

Optional elements

• Account / uploader
• Video title
• Platform
• Time stamp
• Date
• Time
• URL
• Perma / archive URL
• On file with

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