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APA Style Guide: 6th Edition

Streaming Video from Library Database

There are three different ways to format an in-text citation for this example, as outlined below:

Reference Information

Medcom (Producer). (2014). The nursing assistant: Communication with residents and their families [Streaming video]. Retrieved from Alexander Street Press online collection database.

In-text Citation Guidelines

Examples                                                                                                           

1.

Producer(s) and/or director(s) last name(s) and year of publication  placed in brackets at the end of a paraphrased sentence. Connect final two names with '&'.

 

Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Medcom, 2014).                        

2.

Quote, beginning with producer(s) and/or director(s) last name(s); year  at the end of the sentence in brackets. Connect final two names with 'and'.

 

According to Medcom, "consider this a direct quote" (2014).

3.

Sentence beginning with producer(s) and/or director(s) last name(s) followed immediately by date in brackets. Connect final two names with 'and'.

 

According to Medcom (2014), "consider this a direct quote".

Remember, in-text citation formatting changes depending on a number of factors.

See Number and Type of Author(s), Publication Date, and Page/Paragraph Number or Heading for more information.