| Template | Example | |
| Reference list entry | First Author Surname First Initial Second Initial OR Organizational Author. Video title: Video subtitle. [Internet]. City of Publication (Abbreviated Province/State of Publication): Publisher. Year Abbreviated Month Day of publication [cited Year Abbreviated Month Day]. Video: Length of video in minutes min. Available from: URL |
WorkBC's Career Trek. Medical laboratory technologist (Episode 158). [Internet]. Victoria (BC): Work BC. 2022 May 26 [cited 2024 July 15]. Video: 4 min. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym_kFvGDQc |
Videos are covered in Citing Medicine - Chapter 22: Books and Other Individual Titles on the Internet. Details for physical videos that are sometimes applicable to online videos are also found in Chapter 15: Books and Other Individual Titles in Audiovisual Formats.
| Scenario | Solution | Reference list entry example |
| There is no named individual or corporate author |
Use the username of the person who uploaded the video. |
WorkBC's Career Trek. Medical laboratory technologist (Episode 158). [Internet]. Victoria (BC): Work BC. 2022 May 26 [cited 2024 July 15]. Video: 4 min. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym_kFvGDQc |
| The video is not online (e.g. on DVD or other physical format) |
Replace Internet with type of physical medium. Omit date cited, and Available from: URL. Replace Video with the number and type of physical medium. |
WorkBC's Career Trek. Medical laboratory technologist (Episode 158) [DVD]. Victoria (BC): Work BC. 2022 May 26. 1 DVD: 4 min. |
| Published outside of Canada/US |
Use a two letter country code for the country in place of province/state.
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National Health Service. Lung cancer signs and symptoms: NHS [Internet]. London (GB): National Health Service. 2023 Sep 22 [cited 2024 Aug 29]. Video: 1 min. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbmqYEf2ag |
| Publisher and/or city of publication unknown |
If you are certain that you cannot find the publisher of a video and/or where it was published, you can replace one or both components as follows: [place unknown] [publisher unknown] [place unknown: publisher unknown] |
Lewis J. Respiratory therapy: ventilator troubleshooting tips [Internet]. [place unknown: publisher unknown]. 2019 Jan 23 [cited 2024 Mar 6]. Video: 20 min. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5f3hM0Z17s |
Is your scenario not covered in this table? Videos are covered in Citing Medicine - Chapter 15: Books and Other Individual Titles in Audiovisual Formats. You can also ask your librarian for help.