These are common source types that are often cited in research papers, mostly as primary sources or data.

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Interviews:

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Including interviews in your research papers as evidence, either from experts or as informed parties, witnesses of, or participants in a phenomenon you are observing. When you conduct interviews, make sure to keep detailed notes, or a transcript. Also, obtain permission from the person interviewed to mention them by name, and not anonymously, in your paper.

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Fields 1, 2, 8 of template. Note that “Author” in field 1 is the name of the person interviewed.

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Doe, Jane. Personal Interview. 26 October 2018.

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Music:

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Fields 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 of template. Note that to cite the album alone, and not a specific song, the album title would move from field 3 (Title of container) to field 2 (Title of source). Everything else stays the same.

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Poe. "Walk the Walk." Haunted, Atlantic, 2000.

Poe. Haunted, Atlantic, 2000.

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Film:

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Fields 2, 4, 7, 8 of template. Note that field 4 (Other contributors) includes the director and the performers.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michael Gondry, performances by

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson, Focus Features, 2004.

 

Series or series episode:

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Fields 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 of template.

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"USS Callister." Black Mirror, written by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker, directed

by Toby Haynes, Endemol UK, 2017.

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Images:

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Fields 1, 2, and 3 of template. In this case, the museum is the container.

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van Gogh, Vincent. The Starry Night. 1889, Museum of Modern Art, New York.