The Lecture/Speech title is in italics and is in sentence case, i.e., capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Use capitalisation for proper nouns.
Note: Lectures/Speeches are treated as personal communications, i.e. they only appear in the text and are not included in the reference list.
However, if the lecturer/speaker has posted the lecture/speech publicly online or in a published form, then you can cite it, and it would appear in your reference list.
No date: If there is no date, add the date accessed, e.g. Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General Information - Basics of Referencing.
"Title of lecture notes." Title of lecture or topic. Name of lecturer. Learning management name. Place of lecture, Date of lecture, URL.
"Psychosocial Determinants and Health Inequities." Continnum of Long-Term Conditions, taught by Mia Carroll, Canvas, University of Auckland, 7 May 2019, canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/38849/pages/psychosocial-determinants-and-health-inequities?module_item_id=540617.
Author. Lecture. Title of lecture or topic, Date of lecture, Place of lecture.
Ibrahim, Fuad and Mengistu Welday. Lecture. Pathophysiology, 2008. Haramaya University.
Author. Title, Name of Collection, Name of Repository, date, URL.
Ehau, Kepa Hamuera Anaha. Kepa Ehau - Coronation Speech. Sound Collection, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, 7 June 1953, ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=208210.
If you need to cite a speech, e.g. Martin Luther King's Declaration, reference the source in which you found it, e.g. a book, journal article, etc.
Author. Title, Publisher, Publication date.
Smith, John, editor. Well said! Great Speeches in American History. E & K Publishing, 2009.
Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and page number/s in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... education is a key factor (Wall 25).
Citation in prose: When you use the author’s name as part of a sentence (generally at the beginning of a sentence), include the page number in brackets at the end of the sentence, e.g. Thomas Jones discussed the appropriateness of using wet towelling ... (2).
As indicated in their lecture... (Ibrahim and Welday 23).
Fuad Ibrahim and Mengstu Welday indicated in their lecture ... (23).
Dr. Martin Luther King stated, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed” (Smith 219).
John Smith quoted Dr. Martin Luther King's famous line, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed” (219).