Elements of citation:
Artistslasname, A. A. (Year of composition). Title of Work. [Format]. Place work resides.
Examples citations:
Carvaggio, M. (1606). Death of the Virgin. [Painting]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
Jevbratt, L. (2005). Migration (a map of the Internet) [Digital visualization]. Retrieved from http://128.111.69.4/~jevbratt/1_to_1/3/migration/
Rodin, A. (1902). The thinker [Bronze and marble sculpture]. Paris, France: Musée Rodin.
Wyeth, A. (1948). Christina’s world [Painting]. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art.
Wyeth, A. (1948). Christina’s world [Painting]. Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/index
Elements of citation:
Traditional Film: Producerlastname, A. A. (Producer), & Directorlastname, A. (Director). (Year of publication). Title of video or movie [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio.
Online Film: Creatorlastname, A. A. (Date of publication). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from URL
Example citations:
Motoki, S. (Producer), & Kurosawa, A. (Director). (1954). Shichinin no samurai [Seven samurai; Motion picture]. Japan: Toho.
Hungrybear9562. (2010, January 8). Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI
Elements of citation:
Writerslastname, A. A. (Writer), & Artistslastname, A. (Illus.). (Year of publication). Title ofwork. City of publication: Publisher.
Example citation:
Moore, A. (Writer), & Gibbons, D. (Illus.). (1986). Watchmen. New York: DC Comics Inc.
Elements of Citation:
Organizationname (Cartographer). (Year). Title of map [Type of map]. Retrieved from URL
Example citation:
Lewis County Geographic Information Services (Cartographer). (2002). Population density, 2000 U.S. Census [Demographic map]. Retrieved from http://www.co.lewis.wa.us/publicworks/map/Demographics/census-pop-dens_2000.pdf
This guide was last updated by Alex Jenkins on May 10, 2011 and is updated and maintained by the UC Irvine Libraries' Image Services Team.
It was originally created using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Sixth Edition).
Bear in mind that the primary purpose of citing references is to help the reader find the original sources.
Several of the examples used to illustrate these rules were selected from the Publication Manual and from apastlye.org. The book can be found here (Call number: BF76.7 .P83 2010).
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.