APA Referencing: You Tube and short clips

General Notes:

• This information is suitable to use for the various free video hosting platforms, including YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc.
• The screen name on the account should be used as the author, regardless if they created the video or not.
• Add the description of [Video] in square brackets after the title.
• Include the full YouTube link. The 'Share' feature on YouTube can provide a shortened, usable link.
• The name of the hosting site is required to be added before the access link.  This is a major revision for APA 7.
• The words 'Retrieved from' are no longer required before an access link for videos.  This is a major revision for APA 7.
• Do not include a full-stop after the URL at the end of the reference.
• APA allows for links to be either plain text or 'active'. See the official APA Style Blog for more information.
• Notes for TED Talk References (APA 7th Manual section 10.12)
  • When the TED Talk comes from TED’s website:
    • Use the name of the speaker as the author.
    • Use TED Conferences as the publisher of the TED Talk
  • When the TED Talk is on YouTube
    • Use the owner of the YouTube account (here, TED) as the author
    • Add the speaker in italics as part of the title 
    • Use YouTube as the publisher of the TED Talk
    • When the speaker is not listed as the author, integrate their name into the narrative in text if desired:

Shane explained that the artificial intelligence technically “did what they asked it to do—they just accidentally asked it to do the wrong thing” (TED, 2019, 8:51).

Screen Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Description]. Hosting Site. https://www...