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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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/

       community.15009307

"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.