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Social Media

General Format

Last Name, First and Middle Initial or Name of Group. [@username]. (Year, Month Day). Content of the post up to the first 20 words [Description of
           audiovisuals] [Source type]. Site Name. URL 

Examples

Cook, P. [@chemteacherphil]. (2019, November 19). Alkali salts get lit. #chemistry #chemteacherphil #scienceexperiments #for you #jobforme
            #trend #featurethis #science #vbecheck
 [Video]. TikTok. https://vm.tiktok.com/xP1r1m

Parenthetical Citation: (Cook, 2019)

NASA. [@NASA]. (2020, January 5). A team of astronomers have found EGS77--the farthest galaxy group known to date! [Video attached]
            [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/NASAUniverse/status/1213925744352661504

Parenthetical Citation: (NASA, 2020)

News From Science. (2019, June 21). Are you a fan of astronomy? Enjoy reading about what scientists have discovered in our solar system--and
            beyond? This
 [Image attached] [Status Update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNOW/photos/a.117532185107/
            10156268057260108/?type=3&theater

Parenthetical Citation: (News from Science, 2019)

Philadelphia Museum of Art [@philamuseum]. (2019, December 3). "It's always wonderful to walk in and see my work in a collection where it's
            loved, and where people are
 [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oDnnNhOt4/

Parenthetical Citation: (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2019)

Podcast

General Format

Last Name, First and Middle Initial. (Function). (Publication Year, Month Date). Episode Title (No. episode number) [Audio or video podcast
            episode]. In Title of the series. URL 

Examples

Garber, J. (Host). (2019, November 22). The grazing revolution: A radical plan to save the Earth (no. 638) [Audio podcast episode]. In The farming
            podcast
. https://www.thefarmingpodcast.com/2019/11/

Parenthetical Citation: (Garber, 2019)

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

Parenthetical Citation: (Webster & Abumrad, 2020)

Data Sets

General Format

Last Name, First and Middle Initial. (Publication Date). Data Set Title (Numerical Identifier; Version Number) [Data set]. Publisher. DOI  

Examples

O'Donohue, W. (2017). Content analysis of undergraduate psychology textbooks (ICPSR 21600; Version V1) [Data set] ICPSR.
            https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36966.v1

Parenthetical Citation: (O'Donohue, 2017)

Photograph

General Format

Last Name, First and Middle Initial. (Publication Year). Title of photograph [Photograph]. Source. URL 

Examples

Ryan, S. (2019). [Sea smoke on Lake Michigan] [Photograph]. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/year-in-pcitures.html

Parenthetical Citation: (Ryan, 2019)

Song

General Format

Composer or Artist. (Year). Song Title. [Song]. On Album Title. Label 

Examples

Childish Gambino. (2016). Zombies [Song]. On Awaken my love. Glassnote. 

Parenthetical Citation: (Childish Gambino, 2016)

Dacus, L. (2018). Night shift. [Song]. On Historian. Matador Records. 

Parenthetical Citation: (Dacus, 2018)