FAQS

The format for an APA reference for a video is composed of four elements:

• The individual or organization who created the video (Director, Producer, Writer)
• The year the video was published
• The title of the video in italics followed by [Video].
• The publisher, website, or database
• If online, the URL

The format for the reference is:

Creator. (Date). Title [Video]. Publisher. URL

See the following examples:

YouTube video:

Reference

TED. (2011, January 3). Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/iCvmsMzIF7o

In-Text citation: (TED, 2011).

Video from a Library database: 

Reference:

Videatives. (2013). Motor development - infants 1-2 years: Stretching the infant's reach [Video]. Films on Demand. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/rasmussen.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffod-infobase-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net%2FPortalPlaylists.aspx%3FwID%3D106986%26xtid%3D189727

Intext citation. (Videatives, 2013).

NOTE: Sometimes you may have in-text citations for different videos that are the same. For example, you could have several Videatives videos that were all published in the same year. According to APA rules, you include an a, b, c, etc. following the year in the in-text citation to distinguish one video from another.

Step 1: Create your reference list. Note that because the beginning of the reference (Author and Date) is the same, you must alphabetize by the title. 

Step 2: Add an a, b, c etc. to the date in BOTH the reference and the intext citation.

Example:

Reference: 

Videatives. (2013b). Motor development - infants 1-2 years: Infants explore the harp [Video]. Films on Demand. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/rasmussen.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffod-infobase-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net%2FPortalPlaylists.aspx%3FwID%3D106986%26xtid%3D189729 

In-text citation: (Videatives, 2013b).