Video or audio on the Web (APA)
Reference list entries
Bever, T., Piattelli-Palmarini, M., Hammond, M., Barss, A., & Bergesen, 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://
Kurzen, B. (2012, April 5). Going beyond Muslim-Christian conflict in Nigeria [Video file]. Retrieved from http://
Malone, T. W. Collective intelligence [Video file]. Retrieved from http://
Explain
- Italicize the title of the video or audio file.
- Give the medium or a description of the file in brackets following the title.
- End with the URL that will take readers directly to the video or audio.
- If the site is sponsored by a university or a government, give information about the site before the URL.
Note that in an APA paper or an APA reference list entry, the word “website” is spelled all lowercase, as one word.
Note on breaking URLs and DOIs
- If you must break a URL or a DOI at the end of a line, break it after a double slash or before any other mark of punctuation.
- Do not add a hyphen.
- Do not put a period at the end of the entry.