APA Citation Help, 7th Edition for Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences

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These are the most common online media & audiovisual formats. Detailed information can be found in Chapter 10 of the 7th edition of the APA manual (pp. 341-350).  
Additional examples: 

YouTube Videos

Generic: 

YouTube Account Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. YouTube. https://xxxxxxxxxxx
Example: 

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. (2017, September 5). Baby hippo Fiona - Episode 1 the beginning - Cincinnati Zoo [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nT-q8FM7GI
Important Points for YouTube Videos
  • Use the name of the account that uploaded the video as the author. 
  • If the account did not actually create the work, explain this in the text if it is important for readers to know. However, if that would mean citing a source that appears unauthoritative, you might also look for the author’s YouTube channel, official website, or other social media to see whether the same video is available elsewhere. 
  • Provide the specific date on which the video was uploaded. 

TED Talks

TED talks from the TED website:

Generic: 

Speaker, A. B. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. TED Conferences. https://xxxxxxxxxxx
Example: 

Goldacre, B. (2011, July). Battling bad science [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science
Important Points for TED Talk videos from the TED 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. 
     

TED talks from YouTube:

Generic: 

YouTube Account Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. YouTube. https://xxxxxxxxxxx
Example: 

TED. (2013, March 13). My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
Important Points for TED Talk videos 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. 
  • When the speaker is not listed as the author, integrate their name into the narrative if desired: 
    • 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).

Powerpoint Slides or Lecture Notes from BlackBoard

Generic: 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of presentation [PowerPoint Slides]. BlackBoard@QU. https://xxxxxxxxxxx
Example: 

Wilcox, M. E. (2020). The power of the default option [PowerPoint Slides]. BlackBoard@QU. https://quinnipiac.blackboard.com/ 
Important Points for PowerPoint or Lecture Notes from BlackBoard
  • If the slides come from a classroom website, learning management system (e.g., Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai), or company intranet and you are writing for an audience with access to that resource (for example, your professors at QU), provide the name of the site and its URL (use the login page URL for sites requiring login). 
  • If the audience for which are you writing does not have access to the slides, cite them as a personal communication.
  • If you are citing lecture materials other than PowerPoints, change the bracketed material type to match what you are citing. 

Podcast Episode

This information is for citing a podcast episode. For citing a full podcast, please refer to this page from the APA. 

Generic: 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Host/s). (Year, Month, Day). Episode title (No. #) [Audio podcast episode] In Podcast Title. Publisher. http://www.url.com 
Example: 

Kine, S. (Host). (2015, June 5). Case #3: Belt buckle (No. 3) [Audio podcast episode]. In Mystery Show. Gimlet Media. https://gimletmedia.com/shows/mystery-show/76h3r6/case-3-belt-buckle 
Important Points for Podcast Episodes
  • List the host(s) of the podcast episode as the author; if the executive producer is know, use that person, but always include their role in parentheses.
  • Provide the specific date on which the podcast episode first aired.
  • If available, provide the episode number. If there is not an episode number, omit this element. 
  • Specify the type of podcast episode in square brackets, for example: [Audio podcast episode], [Video podcast episode].

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