APA 7 Style Guide
Online Video – APA Reference List
General Tips
- 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.
- Capitalization: The Video Title is in sentence case – Only the first word and proper nouns in the title are capitalized. Always capitalize the first word, the first word after a colon or a dash.
- Use italics when citing YouTube or other online videos.
- Provide information about the format in brackets after the title – [Video file].
Format
Author, A. A. [Screen name]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video]. Website. https://xxxxx
Examples
TED Talk
Giertz, S. (2018, April). Why you should make useless things [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/simone_giertz_why_you_should_make_useless_things
TED. (2012, March 16). Brene Brown: Listening to shame [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psN1DORYYV0
YouTube or other streaming video
Cutts, S. (2017, November 24). Happiness [Video] Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/244405542
University of Oxford. (2018, December 6). How do geckos walk on water? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm1xGfOZJc8