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APA Citation Guide (7th edition)

Guidance for formatting papers and citations in using the "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" (APA).

Audio Works

Album/Song/Podcast

Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year).Title of work. [Description]. Publisher/Label. URL (if needed)

Examples of Audio Works

Music Album

Swift, T. (2023). 1989 (Taylor's version) [Album]. Republic.

Single Song or Track

Beyonce. (2008). Single ladies (put a ring on it) [Song]. Columbia Records.

Musical score

Picker, T., & McClatchy, J. D. (1995). Emmeline: An opera in two acts [Study score]. Schott Music.

Example of an audio podcast

Meraji, S. M., & Demby, G. (Hosts). (2016-present). Code switch [Audio podcast]. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch 

Example of an audio podcast episode

Webster, M., & Abumrad, J. (Hosts). (2020, September 11). Bringing gamma back, again [Audio podcast episode]. In Radiolab. WNYC Studio. https://radiolab.org/podcast/bringing-gamma-back

For More Information

More information about Audio Works can be found at APA Style-Textual Works-Audiovisual Media and examples in Sections 10.13 of the book.