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Macdonald DeWitt Library at SUNY Ulster

APA Style 7th Edition: Video/Audio

Elements of a Citation

It is up to you to locate the elements of a citation from each of your sources.

Four Elements of References Entries:

  • Author: who?
  • Date: when?
  • Title: what?
  • Source: where?

Use a period after each type of element. Use commas when separating the parts of an element. Do not put a period after a URL or DOI.

 

Reference List for Audio and Video

Put the author's role in parentheses after the author name. Some examples include director, producer, host, uploader. Use brackets to describe the type of work after the title.

Motion Picture in Theatres:

Producer, P. P. (Producer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Film]. Production company. URL

Film/Movie on DVD:

Producer, P. P. (Producer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of film [DVD]. Production company. URL

Streaming Video:

Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. Site. URL

Example:

SUNY Ulster (2010, February 18). SUNY #MascotMadness featuring #SUNYUlster [Video]. Youtube. http://youtu.be/06Y_NlKOzDs

Music Recording:

Artist, A. A. (Date of publication). Song title [Song]. On Album title. Publisher.

Episode of television series:

Writer, W. W. (Writer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of episode [Television series episode]. In P. Producer (Executive producer), Television series. Publication location: Publisher.

Podcast:

Host, H. (Host) & Producer, P. (Producer). (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of podcast [Audio podcast]. Production company. URL

Artwork/Photograph:

Artist, A. (Date of publication). Title of work [Medium of work]. Museum/Site. URL