Citing a Webinar
Published February 5, 2021. Updated August 15, 2021.
To create a webinar reference or citation, you will need to know the presenter’s name, title of the webinar, year, publisher, and URL.
The templates and examples below will show you how to cite a webinar in MLA, APA, Chicago style, and Harvard referencing.
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Citing a webinar in MLA style
Set the title of the webinar in title case, but do not italicize it or put it in quotation marks in MLA.
In-text citation template and example:
(Presenter Surname)
(Stara)
Works cited entry template and example:
Presenter Surname, First M. Title of the Webinar. Publisher, Publication Day Month Year. URL. Webinar.
Stara, Lauren. The Accidental Facilities Manager. Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, 10 Nov. 2020. www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/accidental-facilities-manager.html. Webinar.
Citing a webinar in APA style
Set the title of the webinar in sentence case and italicize it.
In-text citation template and example:
(Presenter Surname, Publication Year)
(Grassi, 2020)
Reference list entry template and example:
Presenter Surname, F. M. (Publication Year, Month Day). Title of the webinar [Webinar]. Publisher. URL
Grassi, R. (2020, June 16). Getting started with virtual storytimes [Webinar]. Dakota County Library. https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/getting-started-with-virtual-storytimes.html
Citing a webinar in Chicago style, Notes-Bibliography
Set the title of the webinar in title case and enclose it in double quotation marks.
Footnote template and example:
Note
Presenter Full Name, “Title of the Webinar,” (webinar, Publisher, Broadcast location, Publication Month Day, Year), URL.
Betha Gutsche, “Getting to the Heart of the Community through Discovery,” (webinar, OCLC, Dublin, OH, June 11, 2019), https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/community-through-discovery.html.
Shortened note
3. Presenter Surname, “Shortened Webinar Title.”
4. Gutsche, “Getting to the Heart.”
Bibliography entry template and example:
Presenter Surname, First M. “Title of the Webinar.” Webinar from Publisher, Broadcast location, Publication Month Day, Year. URL.
Gutsche, Betha. “Getting to the Heart of the Community through Discovery.” Webinar from OCLC, Dublin, OH, June 11, 2019. https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/community-through-discovery.html.
Citing a webinar in Chicago style, Author-Date
Set the title of the webinar in title case and enclose it in double quotation marks.
In-text citation template and example:
(Presenter Surname Publication Year)
(Ghoting 2018)
Reference list entry template and example:
Presenter Surname, First M. Publication Year. “Title of the Webinar.” Webinar from Publisher, Broadcast location, Month Day. URL.
Ghoting, Saroj. 2018. “New Ways to Supercharge Your Storytimes.” Webinar from OCLC, Dublin, OH, October 9. https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/new-ways-supercharge-storytimes.html.
How to cite a webinar in Harvard referencing style
The title of the webinar should be sentence case and italicized.
In-text citation template and example:
(Presenter Surname, Publication Year)
(Bunke, 2017)
Reference list entry template and example:
Presenter Surname, First initial. (Publication Year) Title of the webinar [Webinar]. Available at: URL (Accessed: Date).
Bunke, L. (2017) Going deeper with social media [Webinar]. Available at: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/going-deeper-with-social-media.html (Accessed: 20 December 2017).
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