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Citations - APA Style: Citing Electronic Images and Streaming Video APA 7 Format

Resources for APA (American Psychological Association) format, with examples of how to cite material from our electronic databases

Note: When a work is found in a library database, no database name or URL is included. (9.30, 9.34)

Images from Databases

Example of Images from an Image Database

This is a combination of APA's advice for citing a work of art and citing a photograph.

Riemenschneider, T. (Sculptor). (ca. 1490-1500). Saint Jerome and the  

      lion. [Photograph of sculpture]. Cleveland Museum 
      
       of Art. JSTOR.

"Ca." (circa) preceding the date indicates that is an approximation. The medium of the art object is given in square brackets after the title.

Example of Illustration from a Museum Site

Murphy, M. (2011). Naked mole-rat [Photograph]. The Smithsonian 

      Institution, Washington, D.C. https://www.si.edu/object/

      naked-mole-rat:nzp_NZP-20111005-157MM

Streaming Video

Example of Dramatic Video

Giles, D. (Director). (1985). Twelfth  Night: Stratford Festival Classics

    [Film].  W. Shakespeare (Writer).  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Example of Documentary Video:

Watson, M.A. (Producer). (2015). Paraphilias and paraphilic disorders: 

      Clinical conversations for the human sexuality classroom [Film].

      Films Media Group.