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APA for Audiovisual Media (Owl Purdue)
Recording artist. (Year of release). Title of album [Album]. Record label.
Prince (1984). Purple Rain [Album]. Warner Bros.
Recording artist. (Year of release). Title of song [Song]. On Title of album [Album]. Record label.
Dacus, L. (2018). Night shift [Song]. On Historian [Album]. Matador Records.
Note: if the song is a piece of classical music, you can list the composer instead of the recording artist.
Note: if the song does not have an associated album, simply omit the section with the album.
.......(Prince, 1984)
or
In Purple Rain, Prince (1984) wrote about ....
*All links and sources reflect APA 7th edition (2019) unless noted.
APA Style from Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) *Updated for APA 7th edition (2019)
APA FAQ *Updated for APA 7th edition (2019)
In-Text Citations (Authors and websites)
What an APA paper looks like (OWL Purdue)
The Library has multiple copies of the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). It is available at the following locations:
The call number is: BF76.7 .P82 2020