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APA Guide: Youtube Video

Guidelines

References: An entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Author Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. OR Author screen name. (Year, Month Day {of video post}). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from URL of specific video

 In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): An entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

(Author Last Name OR Screen name, Year).

In-Text Citation (Quotation): An entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

(Author Last Name OR Screen name, Year).

 

Examples

References:

Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs


In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 

Norton (2006) explains
 
(Norton, 2006).

In-Text Citation (Quotation):
 
(Norton, 2006).

Additional information: 

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed., page 215.

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