This page provides examples of citations from sources about which students often have questions. We hope that the examples provided below will be helpful to you. For additional examples of miscellaneous reference entries, see the LU Writing Center’s comprehensive list.
Example:
Santos, F. (2019, January 11). Reframing refugee children’s stories [Review of the book We are displaced: My journey and stories from refugee girls
around the world, by M. Yousafzail]. The New York Times. https://nyti.ms/2HIgik3
Follow the example below when citing class presentations or lectures for discussion boards or written assignments.
Example One: If no presenter is named in the video use the institution name (Liberty University). If no direct link is provided to the video use Liberty University's Canvas homepage.
Liberty University. (2021, Spring). BIOL 102: Human biology. Week one, lecture two: Name of class lecture https://canvas.liberty.edu
Example Two: If the presenters are named and the direct link is available.
Fusco, M.; Goldsmith, D. (2025, March) ERC Seminar: Museum Health & Safety: A Focus on Pesticides and Silicon Dust. John Hopkins University.
https://youtu.be/PuyXXP3wxIs?feature=shared
When citing an internet source, locate as much information about the item as possible and use the below template as a guide when creating the citation:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document.
https://webaddressexample.example
Blog Example:
Klymkowsky, M. (2018, September 15). Can we talk scientifically about free will? Sci-Ed.
https://blogs.plos.org/scied/2018/09/15/can-we-talk-scientifically-about-free-will/
Video Example:
University of Oxford. (2018, December 6). How do geckos walk on water? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm1xGfOZJc8
Note: The video citation example includes the type of resource in square brackets after the title. However, the blog citation example does not.
This example demonstrates how to cite a doctoral dissertation from a database.
Example:
Hollander, M. M. (2017). Resistance to authority: Methodological innovations and new lessons from the Milgram experiment.
(Publication No. 10289373) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
This example demonstrates how to cite a doctoral dissertation that is hosted on the open web.
Example:
Adams, R. J. (1973). Building a foundation for evaluation of instruction in higher education and continuing education.
[Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University]. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1202163889
Example without a URL:
Goldman, C. (2018, November 28). The complicated calibration of love, especially in adoption. Chicago Tribune.
Example with a URL:
Gregory L. (2020, May 08). For veteran broadcasters, esports is a whole new ballgame. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video- games/esports/2020/05/08/veteran-broadcasters-esports-is-whole-new-ballgame/