APA (7th ed.) Citing Guide: Audiovisual

Reference list entry:

Newman, D. (Director). (2005). What we've learned: A youth perspective of drug misuse [DVD]. Sudbury Action Centre for Youth.

Reference list entry:

Global National. (2020, February 21). The struggle of living with addiction [Video]. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/video/6581269/the-struggle-of-living-with-addiction-2

Note: Global National was used as for the author credit because it was from that newscast but Global News is the overall publisher. Description of the format is in square brackets [].

Reference list entry:

Apsolon, M. [markapsolon]. (2011, September 9). Real ghost girl caught on Video Tape 14 [Video]. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nyGCbxD848

Note: The person or group who uploaded the video is credited as author even if they did not create the work. Include the screen name only if it is included. After the description, include the name of the streaming source, e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, These are streaming platforms that allow individuals to host content.

Reference list entry:

Urban, T. (2016, February). Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator [Video]. TED Conferences.  http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator

Note: More information about how to cite TED Talk see APA Style

Reference list entry:

TED. (2016, April 6). Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU

Note: More information about how to cite TED Talk see APA Style

Reference list entry:

Collins, M. (2019, September 20). A new PubMed: Highlights for information professionals [Webinar]. National Library of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/oet/ed/pubmed/events/2019_09.html

Note: Use this for recorded webinars that can be retrieved. For unrecorded or unretrievable webinars, list as personal communications, see Publication Manual Section 8.9 

Reference list entry:

Morgan, P. (Writer), Morgan, P., Daldry, S., Harries, A., Martin, P., Mackie, S., Byam-Shaw, M., Fox, R., Seghatchian, T., Wolarsky, N. & Goss, A. (Executive Producers). (2016-present). The crown [TV series]. Left Bank Pictures; Sony Pictures Television; Netflix.

Note: The dates represent the beginning and end years of the series. If the series is still airing, replace the 2nd year with "present", e.g. (2016-present).

Reference list entry:

Morgan, P. (Writer) & Martin, P. (Director). (2016). Smoke and mirrors (Season 1, Episode 5) [TV series episode]. In P. Morgan, S. Daldry, A. Harries, P. Martin, S. Mackie, M. Byam-Shaw, R. Fox, T. Seghatchian, N. Wolarsky, & A. Goss (Executive Producers), The crown. Left Bank Pictures; Sony Pictures Television; Netflix.

Note: The reference list entry first lists the episode information before listing the full series information. Precede the full series information with "In". When providing the full series information, the author(s) name(s) are not reversed. Season and episode number are listed after the episode title.

For all of the examples above, the in-text citation follows the same format unless noted with the example. Refer to the Publication Manual, Section 8.17 for explanation with multiple authors.

Parenthetical citation format: (last name of author(s), year, time stamp)

e.g. (Collins, 2019, 2:12)

e.g. (Urban, 2016, 3:29)

Narrative citation format: include the author's or authors' names in the sentence, with the date in brackets. Include the time stamp as appropriate.

e.g. Collins (2019) wrote...

e.g. Urban (2016) wrote...

More in-text citation information on this guide.