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Multimedia and Reviews

This section includes audiovisual media, electronic media, and reviews, but not internet sources such as YouTube videos, webcasts, video blogs.  For those please see Internet Sources.

Audiovisual Media

This includes such media as CDs, motion pictures, and television show.  While motion pictures and television series follow a similar format to a book citation, music and audio recording require much more information.

Motion Picture:

Producer, A. A. (Producer), & Director, B. B. (Director). (Year). Title of motion picture. [Motion picture]. Country of Origin: Studio.

Music Recording:

Writer, A. A. (Copyright year). Title of song [Recorded by B.B. Artist if different from writer]. On Title of album [Meduim of recording: MP3, CD, record, cassette, etc.] Location: Label. (Date of recording if different form song copyright date)

  • Video, Not a Motion Picture
    American Psychological Association. (Producer). (2008). Working with immigrants [DVD]. Available from http://www.apa.org/videos/
    • If the DVD is not commercially available at most stores, provide the link at the end to lead the reader to where they can find it.

  • Motion Picture
    Feige, K. (Producer), & Black, S. (Director). (2013). Ironman 3 [Motion picture]. USA: Marvel Studios.

  • Television Series
    Lorre, C., & Prady, B. (Executive producers). (2007). The Big Bang Theory [Television series]. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Studios.

  • Single Episode from a Television Series
    Lorre, C., Holland, S., Hernandez, T. (Writers), & Cendrowski, M. (Director). (2012). The Shiny Trinket Maneuver [Television series episode]. In Lorre, C., & Prady, B. (Executive producers), The Big Bang Theory. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Studios.

  • Podcast
    Library of Congress. (Producer). (2013, May). Michael Feinstein on sound preservation [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/qalcm/podcast_feinstein.html

  • Music Recording
    Fun. (2012). Some Nights. On Some Nights [MP3 Album]. New York, NY: Fueled by Ramen.
    • Internal citations should include side/track number.  (Fun, 2012, track 2)

  • Map Retrieved Online
    U.S. Geological Survey (Cartographer). (1950). Salem quadrangle, Arkansas-Missouri 15 minute series [Topographical map]. Retrieved from http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5429590

  • Video Game
    EA International. (2011) Dragon age II [Playstation 3]. Alberta, Canada: Bioware.
    • It is important to recognize that APA does not have a singular listing in their style manual on how to cite a video game.  This citation is based off the method of citing software as listed below.

Electronic Media

This includes any type of software, data set, or measurement instrument that helps in data analysis.  Mass commercial software (like Microsoft Word or Excel) doesn’t need to be cited, but specialized or limited software should be.  They are considered unauthored unless a specific person/group other than the producer is listed as holding the rights.

Rightsholder, A. A. (Year). Title of program (Version number-if any) [Description of form]. Location: Name of producer.

If retrieved online:

Rightsholder, A. A. (Year). Title of program (Version number-if any) [Description of form]. Retrieved from http://www.completeURL.com

  • Computer Software
    Miller, M. E. (1993). The Interactive Tester (Version 4.0) [Computer software]. Westminster, CA: Psytek Services.

  • Data Set
    National Health Interview Survey--Current health topics: 1991--Longitudinal study of aging (Version 4) [Data file]. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.

  • Apparatus
    Name of Apparatus [Apparatus and software]. (Year). Location: Name of producer.

Reviews

For the most part reviews are straightforward.  You want to give as much information as possible about the review, the material being reviewed, and where you found it.  If it is in a periodical or online periodical, you treat it the same as a normal periodical, giving the journal, volume, issue, and pages, or the URL it can be found at.  If there is no title, the bracketed material can take its place.  If no author, the title (or bracketed material if no title also) is moved in front of the year.

Author of Review, A. A. (Year). Title of review [Review of the book/motion picture/video game Title of material by A. A. Author] Title of journal/newspaper, xx, xx–xx.

If it is a motion picture, DVD, or video game which doesn’t have an single author to credit, use “produced by” instead of “by” and the company name.

  • Review of a Book
    Wertheim, S. (2013). Hunter-Blatherer [Review of the book The world until yesterday: What can we learn from traditional societies? By J. Diamond]. Nation, 296(16), 35-37. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=86726805&site=ehost-live

  • Review of a Video
    Fox, B. L. (2013). Safety Last! [Review of the DVD Safety Last!, produced by Hal Roach Studios, 1923]. Library Journal, 138(8), 55. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=87078890&site=ehost-live

  • Review of a Motion Picture
    Dargis, M. ( 2005, September 30). Scruffy space cowboys fighting their failings [Review of the motion picture Serentity, produced by Universal Pictures, 2005]. New York Times, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/

  • Review of a Video Game
    Arendt, S. (2012, March 6). Mass Effect 3 Review [Review of the video game Mass Effect 3, produced by Bioware, 2012]. Retrieved from http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/9458-Mass-Effect-3-Review

  • Peer Commentary on an Article
    Sokolova, I. V. (2004). The power of gender biases [Peer commentary on the paper “Why women are more susceptible to depression: An explanation for gender differences” by C. M. Mulé]. Retrieved from http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/mule.html#sokolova
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