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MLA Style: If one of my sources is a video, do I need to put the minutes and seconds where the information I cite came in the video?

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The MLA handbook says : "For works in time-based media, such as audio and video recordings, cite the relevant time or time span if it is displayed. Give the numbers of the hours, minutes, and seconds as displayed in your media player, separating the numbers with colons, with no space on either side." For example ("Buffy" 00:03:16-17).

See also OWL Purdue : TIME-BASED MEDIA SOURCES section here.

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