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CSE Style Guide: Media

Citation style tips based upon the Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Author, Editors and Publishers, 7th edition, 2006.

Media

For media and other non-Internet electronic documents include the medium designator. Give the year of publication as it appears on the screen, face, case, or in accompanying documentation. The extent, location, physical description, and notes are optional.

Material Type           In-text Citation              End Reference                                                        
         
CD-ROM (Life . . . c2002)

Life science animations [CD-ROM]. c2002. Dubuque (IO): McGraw-Hill Companies. 1 CD-ROM: color, 4 3/4 in. 

                                                                 

DVD with editor(s)
(Hawkins c2002)                                      

Hawkins RJ, Pearl MJ, editors. c2002. The athlete's shoulder [DVD]. Rosemont (IL): American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; 1 DVD: sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

(From 29.3.7.12.1)

 

 Videocassette    (Bates c1995)

Bates B. c1995. Abdomen [videocassette]. 3rd ed. Blanchard-Healy, Inc., producer. Philadelphia (PA): Lippincott. 1 videocassette: sound, color, 1/2 in.

 (From 29.3.7.11.1) 

 

In the previous examples the secondary author (producer) and the descriptive notes that follow the publisher are optional; however, this information does provide clarity to a reader.