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When in doubt, ask your instructor which citation style to use for your paper or project. Some of the most widely used citation styles include:
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Most citation styles include a specific format for citing television episodes to tell your reader where they can view the episode. One should include this information within your paper (in-text citation) and in your list of references at the end of the paper. In your librarian's opinion, MLA is the easier format to use.
MLA: An in-text citation generally includes the title of the episode in double quotation marks and the season and episode numbers in parentheses. For example, you might write:
Jerry finds that it is hard to break-up with a friend in "Male Unbonding" (season 1 episode 5).
The works cited page includes information about the platform on which you viewed the episode. For example, if you viewed the Seinfeld episode on a DVD from the library, you citation might look like this (excpet with a hanging indent on the second line):
"Male Unbonding." 1990. Seinfeld: The Complete Series, created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, season 1, episode 5, Castle Rock Entertainment / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007, disc 1. DVD.
This page from the MLA Handbook (329) shows what information to list, and how.
APA citation includes the names of significant writers, directors and/or producers for the episode and these are included in the in-text citation. The following except from the APA Manual (p. 343) shows both reference list and in-text examples.
For information on how to cite other sources (books, journal articles, etc.) see the APA and MLA citation pages linked from the menu at left or below.
