Revisiting YouTube

YouTube has gone through many phases over the last couple of years. Google's purchase of YouTube is the most recent big news. As technology has improved and the service's popularity has grown so has the many uses of YouTube. Now in addition to entertainment and original content by YouTube users, larger institutions are buying into YouTube. Traditional media outlets, such as C-SPAN and the Associated Press, have their own channels on YouTube. The White House has also climbed on board and posts videos to YouTube relevant to the executive office of the United States.

For the STCC Library this means we have yet another tool at our disposal to help students conduct research. In case students would like to use YouTube as a source we've updated our MLA crib sheet to include a template for YouTube video citations. The STCC Library includes YouTube on the citation guide however other web services (TED, Blip) provide informative videos as well. For additional information on how to properly cite your web sources contact the Library (413-755-4549) or stop by the Reference desk.