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APA Citation Guide (6th ed.): Audio Materials

Formatting

Note: All citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent in a Reference List.

A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.

Podcasts and Online Radio Broadcasts

Director/Producer/Host's Last Name, First initial. Second Initial if Given. (Role in the production e.g. Host, Director, Producer). (Year podcast was released, Month Day if given). Title of podcast episode: Subtitle if given [Audio podcast]. Title of podcast. Retrieved from URL.

Reference List Example

Rogers, S. (Host). (2012, June 18). Richard Wagamese: Children's book panel [Audio podcast]. The next chapter. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/episode/2012/06/18/richard-wagamese-bookworm-childrens-book-panel/

In-Text Paraphrase

(Director/Producer/Host's Last Name, Year)

Example: (Rogers, 2012)

In-Text Quote

(Director/Producer/Host's Last Name, Year)

Example: (Rogers, 2012)

Note: Because podcasts do not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings,this information is left out of the in-text citation.

Music Recordings

Songwriter's Last Name, First initial. Second Initial if Given. (Copyright Year). Title of song [Recorded by Artist First Name Last Name if different from songwriter]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording Date if different from copyright date)

Reference List Example

Robertson, R. (1968). The weight [Recorded by Aretha Franklin]. On This girl's in love with you [CD]. New York, NY: Atlantic Records. (1969)

In-Text Paraphrase

(Songwriter's Last Name, Copyright Year)

Example: (Robertson, 1968/1969)

Note: If the copyright year and recording year are different, use both dates in the text citation.

In-Text Quote

(Songwriter's Last Name, Copyright Year, track number)

Example: (Robertson, 1968/1969, track 8)

Note: If the copyright year and recording year are different, use both dates in the text citation.

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