General Guidelines for Music/Audio
Writer Last name, First Initials. (Year). Title [Description]. Publisher.
EXAMPLES
Music Album
They Might Be Giants. (2009). Here comes science [Album]. Walt Disney Records.
Single Song or Track
They Might Be Giants. (2009). Speed and velocity [Song]. On Here comes science. Walt Disney Records.
Podcast
Kamenetz, A. (Host). (2019–present). Life kit [Audio podcast]. NPR. https://www.npr.org/podcasts
/510338/all-guides
Podcast Episode
Kamenetz, A. (Host). (2019, June 26). The darker side of screen time (No. 29) [Audio podcast episode]. In Life kit. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734532122/the-darker-side-of-screen-time
Notes About Author, Date, Title, and Source
Author
- List each author alphabetically by the authors last name and first name initial(s)
- For music albums and songs, use the recording artist or group as the author.
- For classical works, list the composer. For example: Mozart, W.A.
- For podcasts and podcasts episodes, list the host followed by (Host) in parentheses.
Date
- Enclose the date of publication in parentheses followed by a period. For example: (2020).
- If the publication date is unknown or cannot be determined, list the date as n.d. (which stands for no date). For example: (n.d.).
- For classical works, include the original publication date in parentheses and the end of the citation after the publisher. For example (Original work published 1775).
Title
- The first word of the title and subtitle is capitalized as are proper nouns but all other words are lowercase.
- For albums and podcasts, italicize the title.
- For songs, keep the song title in regular font while italicizing the album title.
- For Podcasts in brackets after the Podcast title, include if it was an audio or video podcast. For example: [Audio podcast].
- If a title ends with a question mark or exclamation point, use those punctuation marks instead of a period at the end.
Publisher
- Include the name of the production company(s) with all major words capitalized.
URLs
- For online albums, songs, and podcasts accessible to the public without a subscription to a service, include the web address.
