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Referencing for Vietnam Campus: RMIT Harvard Style

Special Cases

General Rule for Screenshot from Videos:

  • Caption: Figure number: Screenshot of ... (minute:second). Source: Creator's family name/Organization Publication Year
  • In-text reference: Include figure number, creator's family name and Initials, and publication year in one sentence when mentioning the screenshot.
  • Reference list entry: reference it based on where it was screenshotted.

Example:

Example 1: A Screenshot of an Youtube video

Figure 1: A screenshot of video 6 AI Tools I Use to Boost My Productivity (4:21). Source: Abdaal 2023.

In-text reference: Figure 1 (Abdaal 2023) shows...

Reference list entry: a screenshot of Youtube video ⇒ reference it as Youtube video

Abdaal A (26 March 2023) '6 AI Tools I Use to Boost My Productivity' [video], Ali Abdaal, Youtube website, accessed 19 May 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNZUlRu168

Example 2: A screenshot of a Facebook video

Figure 2: A screenshot of video New Photoshop AI Tool Changes Image Background (0:06). Source: Unilad 2023.

In-text: Unilad (2023) demonstrated how to change the background using AI tool (see Figure 2).

Reference list: a screenshot of Facebook video ⇒ reference it as social media post

Unilad (9 June 2023) 'New Photoshop AI Tool Changes Image Background' [Facebook video], Unilad, accessed 20 May 2024. https://www.facebook.com/watch?ref=search&v=1700977890321987&external_log_id=215eb22f-8e84-4a85-966d-c97c3ecbcf75&q=AI%20tool

Note: If the Facebook video has no title, just omit title in the caption: A screenshot of Facebook video (0:06). Source: Unilad 2023

Example 3: A screenshot of Tiktok video

Figure 3: A screenshot of Tiktok video. Source: Phe La Xin Chao 2024.

In-text reference: Figure 3 (Phe La Xin Chao 2024) shows new Phe La's product Coco Matcha.

Reference list: a screenshot of Tiktok video ⇒ reference it as social media post

Phe La Xin Chao (30 March 2024) 'Làm ly Matcha nah cho mát mẻ nho các Đồng...' (Let's make a cool Matcha cup...) [Tiktok video], Phe La Xin Chao, accessed 20 May 2024. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSYLqJX5p/

Note: Minute and second are not available in Tiktok so omit it in the caption.

 

 

General rule for screenshot from social listening tools such as BuzzSumo, Google Trend, etc.:

  • Caption: Short description of the table/graph. Source: Name of the social listening tool Publication Year.
  • In-text reference: include figure number, name of social listening tool, and publication year
  • Reference list: reference it as a webpage

Example: A screenshot of a graph from Google Trend

Figure 1: Keyword 'Netflix' search interest worldwide from May 2023 to May 2024. Source: Google Trend 2024

In-text reference: As it can be seen in Figure 1 (Google Trend 2024), ...

Reference list:

Google Trend (2024) Keyword 'Netflix' search interest worldwide from May 2023 to May 2024, Google Trend website, accessed 20 May 2024. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=VN&q=netflix&hl=en-US

General rule for a screenshot from AI tool:

  • Caption: Figure number: A screenshot of .... Source: OpenAI 2024
  • In-text reference: include figure number, the AI tool, and the year 
  • Reference list: a screenshot of AI generated text ⇒ reference it as AI generated content

Example: a screenshot of ChatGPT from OpenAI

Figure 5: A screenshot of text generated by ChatGPT. Source: OpenAI 2024

In-text reference: Figure 5 (OpenAI 2024) demonstrated...

Reference list:

OpenAI (2024) ChatGPT (3.5 version) [Large language model], accessed 20 May 2024. https://chatgpt.com/share/a5aa0bf3-1af5-4b26-b0cb-6632f9485fdf. See Appendix for prompt used and output generated.