youtube for virtual reference
Hello all,
I have not been a YouTube user, but today I was able to answer a reference question using it. The patron was wanted to listen to a certain opera singer's voice (a male soprano) There didn't seem to be sound clips readily found, but on YouTube I found several short videos. One was part of a BBC documentary news piece and the other seemed like a "bootleg" video from a performance. Are there any standards for citing these clips (should I have discussed the source of the videos with the customer, or just sent the YouTube URLs)?
Cheers & see you tomorrow,
Deborah
LBPH
1 comment:
Deborah, that's excellent that you were able to help out the customer using YouTube!
With a lot of bootlegged items as well as a ton of user-generated connect online now, we're getting into a sticky place of learning how best to cite things.
According to Leeds Uni, you'd cite YouTube like this: SCREEN NAME. Year. Title [online]. [Date Accessed]. Available from World Wide Web: < URL >
My instinct tells me that this is only for User-generated content, not things like snippets of BBC specials.
I figure as long as you say what it is, and where you got it, you can't really go wrong.
Anyone want to chime in on this? :-)
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