APA style guides
More examples are available in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association available from UWA library and the APA style guide to electronic references available online via the UWA Library.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
The 5th edition of the Manual, available for loan from UWA library.- APA style guide to electronic references
pdf (24pp.) outlining the changes to APA style for electronic references made in 2007. Available for download by UWA staff and students.
Multimedia formats
The general format when citing multimedia such as films, podcasts or radio programmes is to provide the same information as for a printed item but add the format of the item in square brackets after the title. If retrieving the information from an online source give a date of retrieval and URL.
Material Type |
In-Text Citation |
Reference List Entry |
|
Films or Videorecordings and DVDs of Films. |
(De Heer & Djigrr, 2007) | De Heer, R. (Director), & Djigirr, P. (Co-Director). (2007). Ten canoes [Motion picture]. Australia: The AV Channel. |
| Television Programme | (Crystal, 1993) | Crystal, L. (Executive Producer). (1993, October 11). The MacNeil/Lehrer news hour [Television broadcast]. New York and Washington, DC: Public Broadcasting Service. |
|
Audio Podcast |
(Van Nuys, 2007) | Van Nuys, D. (Producer). (2007, April 7). The anatomy of a lobotomist [Show 84]. Shrink Rap Radio. Podcast retrieved from http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/ |
| Video Podcast | (Kloft, 2006) | Kloft, M. (Producer/Director). (2006). The Nuremberg Trials [Motion picture]. In M. Samuels (Executive Producer), American experience. Podcast retrieved from WGBH: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rss/podcast_pb.xml |
| Music Track from an Album |
(Shocked, 1992) |
Shocked, M. (1992). Over the waterfall. On Arkansas Traveller [CD]. New York: Polygram Music. General format: Writer, A. (date of copyright). Title of song On Title of album [Medium of recording e.g. CD, DVD, record etc]. Location: Label. |
| Recording by Artist Other Than Writer |
(Goodenough, 1982) |
Goodenough, J. B. (1982). Tails and trotters [Recorded by G. Bok, A. Mayo, & E. Trickett]. On And so will we yet [CD]. Sharon, CT: Folk-Legacy records. (1990) General format: Writer, A. (date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording e.g. CD, DVD, record etc]. Location: Label. (Recording date if different from copyright date) |
|
Video Blog Post |
(Norton, 2006) |
Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs |
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