Answered By: Aaron Dobbs
Last Updated: 2020.Oct.30     Views: 81361

Citing videos from online sources can be tricky. Arguably, YouTube is a video blog hosting service -  each user posts individual items which APA treats like blog posts. There are some tricky italics exceptions for these, so pay attention to the details...

From the Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide - Reference List: Electronic Sources page:
(source link below, scroll down to "YouTube or other Streaming Video" near the bottom of the page) 

Last Name, F. M. [Username]. (Year, Month Date). Title of video [Video]. Streaming Service. Link [note: no end punctuation]

TEDx Talks. (2015, November 9). The complexities of being a multiple minority | Ruth Marimo | TEDxOmaha [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZR_PO8NtJc

(If you watched a TED Talk on the TED website: 

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of talk [Video]. TED. URL

Al-Mutawa, N. (2010, July). Superheroes inspired by Islam [Video]. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam#t-4909

[remember to format your hanging indents]

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