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APA Citation

A guide to citing sources according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Artwork/Audiovisual Media Citation Notes & Format

For art with no title, provide a descriptive title in brackets.

If artist is unknown, begin with the title.

Do not provide a URL for images found in library databases.

Descriptions of medium can be general, such as "[Painting]" or "[Sculpture]", or detailed, such as "[Oil on canvas]" or "[Bronze sculpture]".

APA Audiovisual Media that Stands Alone Reference Elements
Author

Artist, A. A.

Director, D. D. (Director).

Producer, P. P. (Executive Producer).

Date

(2022).

(2010–present).

(1990–1998).

(2015, July 20).

Title Title of work [Description].
Publisher

Museum Name, Museum Location.

Production Company.

Label.

Department Name, University Name.

URL https://xxxxx
APA Audiovisual Media that is Part of a Greater Whole Reference Elements
Author

Artist, A. A.

Composer, C. C.

Writer, W. W. (Writer), & Director, D. D. (Director).

Date

(2021).

(2020, May 6).

Title

Title of song [Description].

Title of episode (Season No., Episode No.) [Description].

Publisher

On Title of album. Label.

In P. P. Producer (Executive Producer), Title of TV series. Production Company.

In Title of podcast. Production Company.

URL https://xxxxx

Artwork in a Museum or on a Museum Website

Use the photographs format for artwork not connected to a museum.

Hopper, E. (1949). Conference at night [Oil on canvas]. Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, United States, https://wichitaartmuseum.org/our-collection/collection/conference-at-night/

Parenthetical citation: (Hopper, 1949)
Narrative citation: Hopper (1949)

Photographs

MacWeeney, A. (1977–1979). Woman in hat and shawl at Times Square station [Photograph]. New York Public Library. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ff01850-a455-0130-5f44-58d385a7b928

Parenthetical citation: (MacWeeney, 1977–1979)
Narrative citation: MacWeeney (1977–1979)

Movies

Howard, R. (Director). (2001). A beautiful mind [Film]. Universal Pictures.

Parenthetical citation: (Howard, 2001)
Narrative citation: Howard (2001)

TV Series & TV Episodes

TV Series

Yost, G., Dinner, M., Kurt, D., Olyphant, T., Elmore, T., Beverly, C., Timberman, S., Golan, F., Andron, D., Elmore, L., Provenzano, C., & Cavell, B. (Executive Producers). (2010–2015). Justified [TV series]. Rooney McP Productions; Timberman-Beverly Productions; Nemo Films; FX Productions; Sony Pictures Television.

TV Episode

Smith, L. M. (Writer & Director). (2017, May 21). Poisoned Water (Season 44, Episode 10) [TV series episode]. In P. S. Apsell (Executive Producer), Nova. WGBH-TV; PBS.

Parenthetical citation: (Yost et al., 2010–2015; Smith, 2017)
Narrative citation: Yost et al. (2010–2015) and Smith (2017)

TED Talks

When hosted on TED's website, use the speaker as the author. When hosted on Youtube, list the owner of the Youtube account (e.g. TED) as the author.

Mars, R. (2015, May). Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed

Parenthetical citation: (Mars, 2015; TED, 2011)
Narrative citation: Mars (2015) and TED (2011)

Youtube and Other Steaming Video

The person or group who uploaded the video is listed as author for retrievability.

CrashCourse (2015, January 22). Naked Eye Observations: Crash Course Astronomy #2 [Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/L-Wtlev6suc

Parenthetical citation: (CrashCourse, 2015)
Narrative citation: CrashCourse (2015)