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Tutorials and help guides for using the Digital Media Repository

How to cite an electronic primary source from the Digital Media Repository

Photograph Example

Key information for the digital photograph shown on the right:
Title: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at Muncie Boy's Club
Photographer: Greene, Richard A.
Date: 1939 October 25
Archive: Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, Indiana
Website: Digital Media Repository
 
The photograph shown here could be cited in the following ways:

American Psychological Association (APA):
Greene, Richard A. (1939 October 25). Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at Muncie Boy's Club [Photograph]. Digital 
Media Repository, https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/sg/id/1966/rec/1760

Modern Language Association (MLA):
Greene, Richard A. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at Muncie Boy's Club. 1939 October 25. Archives and Special 
Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie. Digital Media Repository, https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/sg/id/1966/rec/1760. Accessed 4 June 2020.

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS):
Greene, Richard A. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at Muncie Boy's Club. Archives and Special 
Collections, Ball State University Libraries. 1939 October 25. Photograph. Digital Media Repository, https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/sg/id/1966/rec/1760.

Video Example

Video on DMR: Vietnam Moratorium Committee keynote address

Key information for the video:
Title: Vietnam Moratorium Committee keynote address 
Speaker: Harris, David
Date: 2019 October 11
Conference: Vietnam Moratorium Committee 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference
Conference Location: L. A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Archive: Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN
Website: Digital Media Repository
 
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee conference video shown here could be cited in the following ways:

American Psychological Association (APA):
Harris, David. (2019, October 11). Vietnam Moratorium Committee Keynote Address. Vietnam 
Moratorium Committee 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference, L. A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. [Video]. Digital Media Repository, https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/VietMoraComm/id/67/rec/62

Modern Language Association (MLA):
Harris, David. “Vietnam Moratorium Committee Keynote Address.” Vietnam Moratorium Committee 
50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference, 11 October 2019, L. A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Keynote Address. Digital Media Repository, https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/VietMoraComm/id/67/rec/62. Accessed 4 June 2020.

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS):
Harris, David. “Vietnam Moratorium Committee Keynote Address.” Keynote address at the Vietnam Moratorium Committee 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference, Muncie, IN, October 11, 2019. Video. Digital Media Repository, https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/VietMoraComm/id/67/rec/62.