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APA 7th Edition Referencing Guide

Blog

Structure:

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of post. Publisher. URL

Example:

American Psychological Association. (2020, March 19). What's new in the seventh edition publication manual. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/whats-new-7e

In Text:

...(American Psychological Association, 2020)

or

American Psychological Association (2020)

Podcast

Structure:

Host, A. A. (Host). (Year, Month Date). Title of episode (No. if provided) [Audio podcast episode]. In Name of podcast. Publisher. URL

Example:

Turner, E. (Host). (2020, May 20). Parenting through the pandemic [audio podcast episode]. In Speaking of Psychology. APA.  http://sopapa.apa.libsynpro.com/childrens-mental-health-and-covid-19-with-erlanger-turner-phd

In Text:

....(Turner, 2020)

or 

Turner (2020)...

Television

TV Series:

Structure:

Executive Producer, P. P. (Executive Producer). (Date range of release). Title of series [TV series]. Production company(s)

Example:

Mercurio, J. (Executive Producer). (2012 - present). Line of duty [TV series].  World Productions.

TV Series Episode

Structure:

Writer, W. W. (Writer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Original air date). Title of episode (Season number, Episode number) [Tv series episode]. In P. Executive Producer (Executive Producer), Series title. Production company(s). 

Example:

Austin, N. (Director & Writer), & Griifths, J. (Narrator). (2018, 28 February). Seeing is believing  [Television series episode] In A. Laverty (Producer), Horizon. BBC.

In Text:

...(Austin & Griffiths, 2018)

or

Austin and Griffiths (2018)....

Website

Webpage with individual author

Structure:

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL

Example: 

Symonds, J.E. (2020, April 16). Positive pandemic?  The Psychologist.   https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/positive-pandemic

In Text:

...(Symonds, 2020)

or 

Symonds (2020)....

Webpage with group author 

Structure:

World Health Organisation. (2020, May). Questions and answers on violence against women during Covid-19. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/violence-against-women-during-covid-19

In-Text: 

....(World Health Organisation, 2020)

World Health Organisation (2020)...

Youtube & Ted Talks

Structure:

Last Name, Initials. [Username]. (Year, Month, Date). Title of video [video]. Streaming Service. URL.

Example:

Sprout. (2018, August, 1). Piaget’s theory of cognitive development [video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/IhcgYgx7aAA

You can leave out the [username] if the person or group uploading the video are the same

In Text:

...(Sprout, 2018)

or 

Sprout (2018)...

TED Talk:

Structure:

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of talk [Video]. TED. URL

Example:

Susuki, W. (2018, March, 21). The brain-changing benefits of exercise [video]. TED. https://youtu.be/BHYOFxzoKZE

In Text: 

...(Suzuki 2018)

or

Suzuki (2018)...