The Library of Congress provides sound guidelines on citing primary source materials in Chicago, MLA, and APA formats. Citation of primary source materials is often a matter of interpretation. A simple test is to ask "Can someone unfamiliar with the source locate it using the citation I've provided?"
MLA Citation Format:
(MLA Handbook, 7th ed., section 5.7.7 and 5.6.2b)
Structure:
Last name, First name. “Title of Interview.” By Name of Interviewer.Day Month Year of Interview. Title of the Web site. Web. Day Month Year of access. ,opt. URL.
Example:
Patton, Gwendolen M. “Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01.” Lib. of Cong. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. <http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/>.
Chicago Citation Format
(Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., sections 17.270, 17.207)
Structure:
“Title of interview” by First Name Last Name of interviewer, Title of publication or Web site, Month, Day Year of publication, URL (accessed date).
Example:
“Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01.” From Library of Congress, Civil Rights Oral History Project. Film. http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/ (accessed Jan. 15, 2016).
APA Citation Format
(APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources, 6th ed.)
Structure:
Last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Date). “Title of interview” [Video]. Retrieved from http://...
Example:
Patton, G. M. (2011, June 1). Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/.
MLA Citation Format:
(MLA Handbook, 7th ed., sections 5.7.6 and 5.6.2d)
Structure:
Last name, First name. Title. Date of composition. Photograph. Institution, City. Title of the Web site. Web. Day Month Year of access. <opt. URL>.
Example:
O'Sullivan, Timothy H. Incidents of the War. A Harvest of Death. c1865. Photograph. Lib. of Cong., Washington D.C. Lib. of Cong. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003001110/PP/>.
Chicago Citation Format
(Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., sections 17.270, 17.207)
Structure:
“Title of interview” by First Name Last Name of interviewer, Title of publication or Web site, Month, Day Year of publication, URL (accessed date).
Example:
“Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01.” From Library of Congress, Civil Rights Oral History Project. Film. http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/ (accessed Jan. 15, 2016).
APA Citation Format
(APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources, 6th ed.)
Structure:
Last name, First initial. Middle initial. Title of work (include brackets if the title does so) [Format description]. Retrieved from http://....
Example:
O’Sullivan, T. (1863, July). [Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, July 1863] [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003001110/PP.
MLA Citation Format:
(MLA Handbook, 7th ed., sections 5.7.2 and 5.6.2d)
Structure:
Last name, First name. Song title. Perf. First name Last name. Rec. Day Month Year. Manufacturer, Year. Original format. Title of the Web site. Web. Day Month Year of access. <opt. URL>.
Example:
Scott, Mrs. Ben, and Myrtle B. Wilkinson. Haste to the Wedding. Rec. 31 October 1939 by Sydney Robertson Cowell. 78 rpm. Lib. of Cong. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. <http://www.loc.gov/item/afccc.a4227b4>.
Chicago Citation Format
(Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., sections 17.270, 8.205)
Structure:
Last name, First name Middle initial. Title of Work. Format. City: Publishing Company, copyright date. Source, Collection. Medium, http://...(accessed date).
Example:
Scott, Mrs. Ben and Myrtle B. Wilkinson, performers. “Haste to the Wedding.” Sound recording. Turlock, CA: Sidney Robertson Cowell, October 31, 1939. From Library of Congress, California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. MP3, WAV. http://www.loc.gov/item/afccc.a4227b4 (accessed January 9, 2006).
APA Citation Format
(APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources, 6th ed.)
Structure:
Last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Date). Title of work. [Format.] Retrieved from http://...
Example:
Scott, Mrs. B. and M. B. Wilkinson, performers. (31 October 1939). Haste to the wedding [Sound recording]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/item/afccc.a4227b4.