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APA Writing Guide: Misc.Citations

This research guide provides a brief introduction to APA 7th edition.

General Note

This page provides examples of citations from sources about which students often have questions. We hope that the examples provided below will be helpful to you. For additional examples of miscellaneous reference entries, see the LU Writing Center’s comprehensive list.

Book Reviews

Example:

Santos, F. (2019, January 11). Reframing refugee children’s stories [Review of the book We are displaced: My journey and stories from refugee girls

around the world, by Yousafzail]. The New York Times. https://nyti.ms/2HIgik3

Presentation Slides

Follow the example below when citing class presentations or lectures for discussion boards or written assignments.

Example:

Brieger, W. (2005). Lecture 3: Recruitment and involvement of trainees [PowerPoint slides].
          http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses /TrainingMethodsContinuingEducation/lectureNotes.cfm

Blogs, Websites and Videos

When citing an internet source, locate as much information about the item as possible and use the below template as a guide when creating the citation:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document.

http://web address

Blog Example:

Klymkowsky, M. (2018, September 15). Can we talk scientifically about free will? Sci-Ed.    
          https://blogs.plos.org/scied/2018/09/15/can-we-talk-scientifically-about-free-will/

Video Example:

University of Oxford. (2018, December 6). How do geckos walk on water? [Video]. YouTube.                                                                                                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm1xGfOZJc8

 

Note: The video citation example includes the type of resource in square brackets after the title. However, the blog citation example does not.

Dissertations/Thesis

This example demonstrates how to cite a doctoral dissertation from a database.

Example:

Hollander, M. M. (2017). Resistance to authority: Methodological innovations and new lessons  from the Milgram experiment
        
(Publication No. 10289373) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

This example demonstrates how to cite a doctoral dissertation that is hosted on the open web.

Example:

Adams, R. J. (1973). Building a foundation for evaluation of instruction in higher education and continuing education.
          [Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State
University]. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1202163889

Newspaper Article

Example without a URL:

Goldman, C. (2018, November 28). The complicated calibration of love, especially in adoption. Chicago Tribune.

Example with a URL:

Gregory L. (2020, May 08) For veteran broadcasters, esports is a whole new ballgame. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-              games/esports/2020/05/08/veteran-broadcasters-esports-is-whole-new-ballgame/