This will vary depending on the medium the ad is being delivered. Ads typically aren't properly titled nor is an author made apparent, so your citation will start with a description as a stand-in for those elements.
Advertisement for Head and Shoulders. Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2008, p. 2.
"Get the Best of The New Yorker." The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2017, www.newyorker.com. Pop-up advertisement.
Martin, George R. R. A Feast for Crows. Narrated by Roy Dotrice, audiobook ed., Random House Audio, 2011.
Sanderson, Brandon. Oathbringer. Narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer, audiobook ed., Macmillan Audio, 2017.
Martin, George R. R. A Feast for Crows. Narrated by Roy Dotrice, audiobook ed., Random House Audio, 2011. CD.
Political, or editorial, cartoons will basically follow a citation for an image, with perhaps a second container depending on where you viewed it. They don't usually have their own titles: instead, you will write a generic description of it, capitalizing the first word and any proper nouns. You may also add a label at the very end of the citation to note the format of this citation.
Varvel, Gary. Cartoon obituary honoring Mohammad Ali as The Greatest. The Indianapolis Star, 2016. USA Today, www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/opinion/cartoons/2012/11/28/editorial-cartoons-on-pop-culture/1733923.
In this example, the art was produced for the book, rather than being reproduced in the book. The Landacre illustration is not titled in the book, so we write a description of the image instead. Because it's a description and not a formal title, we do not italicize it nor put "quotes" around it.
Landacre, Paul. Illustration of paper birch trees. A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin, p. 164.
Beaton, Kate. "Dude Watchin' With the Brontes." Hark! A Vagrant, www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=202. Accessed 28 July 2021.
Weinersmith, Zach. Cartoon. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, 21 Oct. 2012, smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-10-21.
Desk Set. Directed by Walter Land, 20th Century Fox, 1957. Netflix app.
Sanctuary. Directed by Tony Richardson, Twentieth Century Fox, 1961. YouTube, uploaded by LostCinemaChannel, 17 July 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnzFM_Sq8s.
Movie with original release date included along with current release date
Patton. 1970. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, 20th Century Fox, 2006.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Directed by Ryan Coogler, Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2022.
If you're focusing on the contributions of a specific contributor, as opposed to the movie as a whole, place them in the Author slot:
Lang, Walter, director. Desk Set. Twentieth Century Fox, 1957. Netflix app.
Richardson, Tony, director. Sanctuary. Screenplay by James Poe, Twentieth Century Fox, 1961. YouTube, uploaded by LostCinemaChannel, 17 July 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnzFM_Sq8s.
Scott, George C., performer. Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, Twentieth Century Fox, 2006.
DeMarco, Randi. "Shaboom." Shaboom, 2015. Spotify app.
Odom, Leslie, Jr. "Wait For It." Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording), written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Atlantic, 2015. CD.
Bowie, David. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. RCA, 1972.
“Harry Styles Carpool Karaoke.” YouTube, uploaded by The Late Late Show with James Corden, 19 May 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvLLx0cpJVI.
Allende, Isabel. "Tales of Passion." TED, Mar. 2007, www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion?language=en.
Donnelly, Michael. Time Management. D2L, uploaded by Donnelly, 13 Oct. 2024, d2l.lonestar.edu. Course lecture.
Tomoo, Inagaki. Pumpkins. 1955. MOMA, www.moma.org/collection/works/60805.
Wyeth, Andrew. Self-Portrait. 1945. Google Arts & Culture, www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/self-portrait/bQGXPeyDH80c0Q.
The date given is for the artwork's creation, not the date it was posted online or that you viewed it.
Hopper, Edward. Nighthawks. 1942, Art Institute of Chicago. Prebles' Artforms, by Patrick Frank, 11th ed., Pearson, 2014.
Wilson, Letha. Headlands Beach Steel Pipe Bend. 2018, GRIMM, New York. Vinyl print and steel sculpture.
Wyeth, Andrew. Self-Portrait. 1945, National Academy Museum & School, New York.
The date given is for the work's creation, not the date of the exhibition or visit.
Krach, Ken. Moody at the Coast. 5 Aug. 2018. Flickr, flic.kr/p/McuNM2.
Rothstein, Arthur. Winner of Masquerade at Halloween Party. Oct. 1939. Library of Congress, lccn.loc.gov/2017779228.
In the following example, the photo is part of an article/page. Sheldon wrote the article and took the photo. The photo is not officially titled on her page, but the figure it depicts is commonly called The Muleteer. This is a 3-container citation: the photo in the article on the website.
Sheldon, Natasha. Photograph of The Muleteer. "Human Remains in Pompeii: The Body Casts," by Sheldon, 23 Mar. 2014. Decoded Past, decodedpast.com/human-remains-in-pompeii-the-body-casts/.
This example is like the previous, but with 2 different people for the photographer and writer.
Williams, John F. Photograph of a ship in a river. "Coming Soon to a Battlefield: Robots That Can Kill," by Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Sept. 2019. The Atlantic, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/09/killer-robots-and-new-era-machine-driven-warfare/597130/.
1300 Block E. Cary Street. ca. 1900. Cook Collection, Valentine Richmond History Center. Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson, by Blair M. Kelley, University of North Carolina Press, 2010, pp. 114-5.
12.07.a2 Oakland, CA. Exploring Geology, by Stephen J. Reynolds et al., 5th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019, p. 342.
"Scissors and Trident. Gallo-Roman Civilization." Bridgeman Images: DeAgostini Library, edited by Bridgeman Images, 1st ed., 2014. Credo Reference, lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/bridgemandeag/scissors_and_trident_gallo_roman_civilization/0?institutionId=5037.
The date given is for the photo's creation, not the date of the exhibition or visit.
Cameron, Julia Margaret. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1866, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Fink, Joseph and Jeffrey Cranor. "Summer Reading Program." Welcome to Night Vale, narrated by Cecil Baldwin, episode 28, Night Vale Presents, 1 Aug. 2013, welcometonightvale.com/listen.
Note: if you're watching a recording of a speech/etc, follow the examples for how you viewed it (streaming video, DVD, audio recording, etc).
Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Four Freedoms speech." Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union, 6 Jan. 1941, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Ford, Jane. Lecture. Introduction to the History of Art, 4 Apr. 2016, Bates College.
Donnelly, Michael. Time Management. D2L, uploaded by Donnelly, 13 Oct. 2024, d2l.lonestar.edu. Course lecture.
"Pie-lette." Pushing Daisies. Created by Brian Fuller, season 1, episode 1, The Jinks/Cohen Company / Living Dead Guy Productions, 2007.
"Everything is Fine." The Good Place, season 1, episode 1, NBC, 2016. Netflix, https://www.netflix.com/title/80113701.
"Brain Scramblies." What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 3, FXP, 22 Apr. 2020. Hulu, www.hulu.com.
This examples includes the original release year, 1999, in the supplemental element spot after the episode title. The later year, 2003, indicates the year of release for that DVD set.
Because "fourth season" is included in the container (DVD set) title, we don't need to specify the season in the number element -- just the episode number.
"Hush." 1999. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season, created by Joss Whedon, episode 10, Mutant Enemy / Twentieth Century Fox, 2003, disc 3. DVD.
Jeopardy! NBC, 7 Nov. 2019.
Jeopardy! Hosted by LeVar Burton, NBC, 27 July 2021.
Fleabag. Created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, season 2, episode 3, BBC, 18 Mar. 2019.
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