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American Psychological Association (APA): Audio, Visual, and Multimedia Sources

American Psychological Association (APA) is the style of documentation of sources used by the American Psychological Association which is utilized when writing research papers.

Audio, Visual, and Multimedia Sources 

 

Podcast

Podcast

 

Ekstrom, A. (2015, March). The moral bias behind your search results [Video podcast]. Retrieved from TED on

http://itunes.apple.com/

 

Abumrad, J., & Krulwich, R. (2015, August 30). Remembering Oliver Sacks [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from

http://www.radiolab.org/

Video or Audio on the Web

Video or Audio on the Web

 

Renaud, B., & Renaud, C. (2015, October 8). Between borders: America's migrant crisis [Video file]. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxF0tSMEXA

 

Bever, T., Piatteli-Pamarini, M., Hammons, M., Barss, A., & Bergensen, A. (2012, February 2). A basic introduction to

Chomsky's linguistics [Audio file]. Retrieved from University of Arizona, College of Social Behavioral Sciences,

Department of linguistics website: http://linguistics.arizona.edu/node/711

Transcript of an Audio or a Video File

Transcript of an Audio or a Video File

 

Glass, I. (2015, April 24). The incredible rarity of changing your mind [Transcript of audio file No. 555]. In This American life.

retrieved from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Film (DVD, BD, or Other Format)

Film (DVD, BD, or Other Format)

Give the director, producer, and the relevant contributors, followed by the year of the film's release and the title. In brackets, add a description of the medium: "Motion picture," "Video file," "DVD," "BD," and so on. For motion picture or DVD or BD, add the location where the film was made and the studio. If you retrieved the film from the web or used a streaming service, give the URL for the home page.

 

Cooper, S. (Director). (2015). Black mass [Motion picture]. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros.

 

Ross, G. (Director and Writer), & Collins, S. (Writer). (2012). The hunger games [Video file]. Retrieved from

http://netflix.com/

Television or Radio Series or Episode

Television or Radio Series or Episode

 

Hager, M. (Executive producer), & Dickerson, J. (Moderator). (2015). Face the nation [Television series]. Washington, DC:

CBS News.

 

Hirsch, L. (Producer). (2015). ISIS in Afghanistan [Television series episode]/ In M. Smith (Executive producer), Frontline.

Retrieved from http://wgbh.org/

Music Recording

Music Recording

Chibalonza, A. Jubilee. (2012). On African voices [CD]. Merenberg, Germany: ZYX Music. African voices [CD]. (2012).

Merenburg, Germany: ZYX Music.

Lecture, Speech, or Address

Lecture, Speech, or Address

 

Mills, A. (2015, April 21). Primary healthcare and the private sector in low- and middle income countries: Asia in

comparative perspective. Address at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Data Set or Graphic Representation of Data (Graph, Chart, Table)

Data Set or Graphic Representation of Data (Graph, Chart, Table)

Give the information about the type of source in brackets following the title. If there is on title, give a brief description of the content of the source in brackets in the place of the title. It the item is numbered in the source, indicate the number in parentheses after the title. Of the graphic appears within a larger document, do not italicize the title of the graphic.

 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. (2015). USDA expenditures for food and nutrition

assistance, FY 1980-2014 [Chart]. Retrieved from http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery

/detail.aspx?chartId=40105&ref=collection&embed=True

 

Gallup. (2015). Gallup worldwide research data collected from 2005-2015 [Data set]. Retrieved from

http://www.gallup.com/services/177797/county-data-set-details.aspx

Mobile Application Software (App)

Mobile Application Software (App)

Begin with the developer of the app, if known (as in the second example). Add the label "Mobile application software" in brackets after the title of the program.

 

Instagram 7.12 [Mobile application software]. (2015). Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com/

Quora, Inc. (2015). Quora 2.2.6 [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://play.google.com/

Video Game

Video Game

Begin with the creator of the video game, if known. Add the label "Video game" in brackets after the title of the program. If the game can be played on the web or was downloaded from the web, give the URL instead of publication information.

 

Firaxis games. (2014). Sid Meier's civilization: Beyond earth [Video game]. New York, NY: Take-Two Interactive. PC.

Atom Entertainment. (2012). Edgeworld [Video game]. Retrieved from http://www.addictinggames.com/

Map

Map

 

Ukraine [Map]. (2015). Retrieved from the University of Texas at Austin Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

website: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ukraine.html

Syria: Mapping the conflict [Map]. (2015, July). Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-22798391

Advertisement

Advertisement

 

VMware [Advertisement]. (2012, September). Harvard Business Review, 90(9), 27.

Work of Art or Photograph

Work of Art or Photograph

 

Olson, A. (2011). Short story [Painting]. Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. 

 

Whitten, J. (2015). Soul map [Painting]. Retrieved from http://www.walkerart.org/

 

Sabogal, J. (2015). Los hijos of the revolution [Outdoor mural] San Francisco, CA.

Brochure or Fact Sheet

Brochure or Fact Sheet

 

National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (2014). A nurse's guide to professional boundaries [Brochure].

Retrieved from https://www.ncsbn.org/

 

World Health Organization. (2015, December). Food safety (No. 399) [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs399/ed/

Press Release

Press Release

 

Urban Institute. (2012, October 11). Two studies address health policy on campaign trail [Press release].

Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/publications/901537.html

Presentation Slides

Presentation Slides

 

Perry, M. (2105, Septmber). Eras in epidemiology [Presentation slides]. Retrieved from

http://acepidemiology.org/content/2015-presentation-slides

Lecture Notes or Other Course Materials

Lecture Notes, or Other Course Materials

Cite materials that your instructor has posted on the web as you would a web document or a section in section in a web document (see the entries for Document from a Website or Section in a Web Document.) Cite other material from your instructor as personal communication in the text of you paper.

 

Blum, R. (2011). Neurodevelopment in the first decade of life [Lecture notes and audio file]. In R. Blu & L.M. Blum, Child

health and development. Retrieved from http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/viewCourse/course/childhealt/coursePage

/lectureNotes/

Source

Work Cited

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. Tenth edition. Boston ; New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2021. Print.