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APA 7th Referencing

American Psychological Association, 7th edition

Streaming videos format

YouTube

 

Reference elements

annotated example of youtube reference showing referencing elements

 

In-text citation

Format Example

(Author, Year)


OR


Author's (Year)

... as seen in The roots of miscommunication (Tarallo, 2016).

"Jellyfish are about 95% water", according to Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish (Harvard University, 2019, 0:07).

OR

In The roots of miscommunication, Tarallo (2016) ...

In Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish by Harvard University (2018) ...
Note:
  • Some departments might not require you to cite the Author(s). Please check with your teacher.
  • When first citing the source, please provide the title of the video. Ensure that whenever you mention the title, it is in italics.
  • When quoting directly from a YouTube video, provide a time stamp for the beginning of the quotation in minutes/seconds format, i.e. MM:SS.

 

Reference

  Format Example
YouTube video

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video]. YouTube. https://xxxxx

Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/guRoWTYfxMs

 

Tarallo, B. (2016, September 6). The roots of miscommunication [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/_iYu9ZtgaAE
YouTube channel

Author, A. A. (n.d.). Title [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved Month Day, Year, https://xxxxx

APA Publishing Training. (n.d.). Home [YouTube channel]. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/user/PsycINFO/

 

Walker, A. (n.d.). Playlists [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/user/DjWalkzz/playlists
Note:
  • Author: Use the name of the account that uploaded the video.
  • YouTube channel pages begin on the “Home” tab by default. If you want to cite one of the other tabs (e.g., “Videos,” “Playlists”), use the name of that tab rather than “Home” in the title element of the reference (as in the Walker example).
  • Provide a retrieval date because the content is designed to change over time and is not archived.

Streaming video from a database (e.g. ClickView, SafetyHub etc.)

 

Reference elements

annotated example of database streaming video reference showing referencing elements

 

In-text citation

Format Example

(Director/Producer, Year)

OR

Director/Producer (Year)

... as shown in Understanding aged care "it's about involving people in their care" (Kratochvil, 2012, 01:22).

OR

In Understanding aged care by Kratochvil (2012), there is ...
Note:
  • Some departments might not require you to cite the Author(s). Please check with your teacher.
  • When first citing the source, please provide the title of the video. Ensure that whenever you mention the title, it is in italics.
  • When quoting directly from a video, provide a time stamp for the beginning of the quotation in minutes/seconds format, e.g., MM:SS.

 

Reference

Format Example

Director/Producer, A. A. (Director or Producer). (Year). Title [Video]. Publisher. https://xxxxx

Kratochvil, M. (Director). (2012). Understanding aged care [Video]. ClickView. https://online.clickview.com.au/libraries/videos/3714331/understanding-aged-care

 

Safetycare. (Producer). (2018). Coronavirus and COVID-19 prevention and management [Video]. https://holmesglen-safetyhub-com.ezproxy.holmesglen.edu.au/category/cvdm/?region=au
Note:
  • Author is the Director or Producer. If unknown or not noted, use the production company instead (e.g., ClickView, Safetycare). 
  • Publisher is the the producing institution, organisation, or hosting platform. 
  • If the producer and publisher are the same leave publisher section blank.

TEDTalk

 

Reference elements

Screenshot of an annotated reference of a TEDTalk

 

In-text citation

Format Example

(Author, Year)


 

 

OR
Author (Year)

... as seen in Your body language may shape who you are (Cuddy, 2012).

... is shown in The danger of AI is weirder than you think (TED, 2019).

In The danger of AI is weirder than you think by Shane explains that AI "did what they asked it to do, they just asked it to do the wrong thing" (TED, 2019, 8:15).

 

In Your body language may shape who you are, Cuddy (2012) ...

 
Note:
  • Some departments might not require you to cite the Author(s). Please check with your teacher. 
  • When first citing the source, provide the title of the video. Ensure that whenever you mention the title, it is in italics.
  • When using a direct quote or paraphrasing, use (Presenter, year, time stamp). Time stamp should be in minutes/seconds format in 00:00 format, for short clips or hours/minutes/seconds 0:00:00 (1:15:22) for long talks.

 

Reference

  Format Example
From the TED website

Author, A. A. (Date). Title [Video]. TED Conferences. https://xxxxx

Cuddy, A. (2012, June). Your body language may shape who you are [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are
From YouTube

Author. (Date). Title | Speaker [Video]. YouTube. https://xxxxx

TED. (2019, November 13). The danger of AI is weirder than you think | Janelle Shane [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCzX0iLnOc

Notes:
TED Talk from the website:
  • When the TED Talk comes from TED’s website, use the name of the speaker as the author.
  • Provide as specific a date as possible; in the example, only the year and month are available.
  • Include the description “[Video]” in square brackets after the title of the talk.
  • Credit TED Conferences as the publisher of the TED Talk and then provide the URL.
TED Talk from YouTube:
  • When the TED Talk is on YouTube, list the owner of the YouTube account (here, TED) as the author to aid in retrieval.
  • Provide as specific a date as possible.
  • Include the description “[Video]” in square brackets after the title of the talk.
  • Credit YouTube as the publisher of the TED Talk and then provide the URL.
  • When the speaker is not listed as the author, integrate their name into the narrative if desired:
    e.g. Shane explained that the artificial intelligence technically “did what they asked it to do—they just accidentally asked it to do the wrong thing” (TED, 2019, 8:51).

Citing a video in a PowerPoint slide

 

Caption

Format Examples
[Video goes above the caption]

(Author, Year) 

 
preview image for a youtube video

(Tarallo, 2016)

 

In-text citation (if referring to the video in the slide)

Format Example

(Author, Year) 

OR

Author (Year)

... as highlighted in The roots of miscommunication (Tarallo, 2016).

OR

Tarallo (2016) explains in The roots of miscommunication ... 
Note:
  • Some departments might not require you to cite the Author(s) in text. Please check with your teacher. 
  • When first citing the source, please provide the title of the video. Ensure that whenever you mention the title, it is in italics.  

 

Reference

You will need to place all references mentioned in the PowerPoint presentation in a slide titled References.