YouTube video or other streaming video
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
To set up this example, we were guided by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). (2020). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
Format for in-text citation
In-text citation example
In Hans Rosling's words: "To my grandmother the washing machine was a miracle...and yet in the world some people still heat the water on the fire. But the question is, how many have washing machines?"(JANE72427, 2011, 2:33)
OR
In this Open Science MOOC, Martyn Rittman discussed the importance of preprints to the career of the early researcher...(2019)
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Screen Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Description]. Hosting site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Reference list example
JANE72427. (2011, October 12). Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine (2010) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sqnptxlCcw
Open Science MOOC. (2019, July 4). An introduction to preprints, Martyn Rittman [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZU0wRiFP-Y&feature=youtu.be
Campbell-Barr, V. (2018). Cross cultural research in the training of early childhood educators [Streaming video]. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://methods.sagepub.com/video/cross-cultural-research-in-the-training-of-early-childhood-educators
Make sure to look at the style notes
Style notes for this reference type
- APA 7 Publication Manual, p.344, example 90
- The audiovisual media group (Sections 10.12-10.14) contains the categories of audiovisual works, audio works, and visual works.
- The person or group who uploaded the video is credited as the author, even if they did not present in the video. Their nickname or alias is acceptable if their real name is not available
- When the speaker is not listed as the author, integrated their name into in-text narrative for clarity.
- To directly quote from an audiovisual work (e.g., YouTube video, provide a time stamp for the beginning of the quotation in place of a page number.
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