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OTHER SOURCES

APA (American Psychological Association) Style (see other side for MLA)
To see a more complete explanation and additional examples of APA (American Psychological Association) citations, ask at
the Reference Desk for Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association .
Examples are single -spaced; double-space citations in your reference list. Title and volume numbers are italicized.

TYPE

FORMAT

EXAMPLE

*Indent lines following the first line of the

citation 5 to 7 spaces

TELEVISION

Author. (Year). Title of episode

(Name of director, Director). In
Name of producer (Producer),
Title of program. City: Local
Station.

Hall, B. (1991). The rules of the game (D.

Sage, Director). In J. Sameth
(Producer), The Mind, New York:
WNET.

FILM OR VIDEO
RECORDING

Name (function). (Year). Title of film.

[film/video recording]. City, State:
Distributor.

Harrison J. (Producer), & Schmiechen, R.

(Director). (1992). Changing our minds
[Film]. New York: Our Minds, Inc.

INTERVIEW

Name of interviewer. (Year).

[Interview with name, title of
interviewee or description of
interview]. Title of journal, Vol.,
Pages.

Archer, N. (1993). [Interview with Helen

Burns, author of Sense and Perception].
Journal of Sensory Studies, 21, 211-216.

CD-ROM

Author. (Year). Title of article

[format]. Title of Journal. Vol.,
Pages. Article from: Source and
retrieval number.

Meyer, A.S. (2001). The tip of the tongue

phenomenon [CD-ROM]. Memory &
Cognition, 20, 715-726. Article from:
SilverPlatter File: PsycLIT Item: 8016351.

LECTURE, SPEECH,
OR ADDRESS

Name of speaker. (Year, Month). Title

of speech. Speech presented at
location of speech, City, State.

Offenheiser, R. (1997, February).

Nongovernmental organizations.
Speech presented at MIT, Cambridge,
MA.

Personal interviews are not

included in the reference list.
Cite personal interviews in
text only.

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style (see other side for APA)
To see a more complete explanation and additional examples of MLA (Modern Language Association) citations, ask at the
Reference Desk for MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers <Closed Stacks LB 2369.G53 1999>.
Examples are single -spaced; double-space citations in your reference list.

TYPE

FORMAT

EXAMPLE

*Indent lines following the first line of

the citation 5 spaces

TELEVISION

"Title of episode or segment." Title

of program. Title of series (if any).
Name of network. Call letters and
city of the local station. Broadcast
date.

"The Ultimate Journey." Odyssey of

Life. By Thomas Friedman. Nova.
PBS. WETA, Washington, D.C. 24
Nov. 1999.

FILM OR VIDEO
RECORDING

Title of film. Dir. Name of director.

Distributor's name, Year.

The Thirty-Nine Steps. Dir. Alfred

Hitchcock. Perf. Robert Donat, and
Helen Hayes. British Picture Corp.,
1935.

Name of person interviewed.

Interview with Interviewer's name
if known). "Title of interview."
(If no title use label Interview
without quotation marks. Call
numbers, City. Day Month Year.

Blackmun, Harry. Interview with Ted

Koppel. Nightline. ABC, New York.
5 Apr. 1994.

CD-ROM

Author's name. "Title of article." Title

of journal Day Month Year: Page.
Title of database. Publication
Medium. Name of vendor.
Electronic publication date.

Tada, Christy. "Asian Youth & Gangs."

Northwest Asian Weekly 21 July 1999:
2. EthnicNews Watch. CD-ROM.
Softline In- formation, Inc. Jan. 2000.

LECTURE, SPEECH,
OR ADDRESS

Speaker's name. "Title of presentation

( if known)." Meeting and
sponsoring organization (if
applicable). Location. Day Month
Year.

Prejean, Helen. "Capital Punishment."

Columbus School of Law. The
Catholic University of America,
Washington, D.C. 7 Nov. 2000.

If pertinent, include other

information such as the names
of the writer, performers, and
producer between the title and
the distributor.

INTERVIEW
To cite an interview you
conducted, give the name of the
person interviewed, the kind of
interview (personal, telephone,
etc.), and the date.

If there is no title, use a

description (i.e., Address,
Lecture, Keynote speech)

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