Why Isn't A YouTube Video A Basic Item Type in 2021? APA 7

MsStarkman

Please tell me how you have been entering YouTube videos so they can be cited in APA 7?

Here is the APA 7 format:

Last Name, F. M. [Username]. (Year, Month Date). Title of video [Video]. Streaming Service. URL

And here is an example:

Lushi, K. [I am Korab]. (2016, July 3). Albatross culture 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMrJRQDPjk&t=148s

Note: The title, Albatross culture 1, should be in italics.

I read Zotero's page with all the fields that can be substituted.
I see Creator but not Username.
Regardless, I don't understand how to make the changes.

I would just like to see Streaming Service as an Item Type.
It is such a common citation... I feel like I am missing something.

Thank you.

adamsmith

Here is sample data entry for the YouTube videos in the APA Manual (7th edition):
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2205533/test_items_library/collections/MR2N872S/items/PIJI4K37/collection
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2205533/test_items_library/collections/MR2N872S/items/ME3MGWKF/collection
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2205533/test_items_library/collections/MR2N872S/items/SA9BJLT6/collection

MsStarkman

Thanks very much for your quick reply.

I think the 3rd one will work. Looks like the username is included with the director's name. The others are incorrect.

What's required for Zotero to add a new item type?
I would never have known this without your help.

bwiernik

All 3 of those items perfectly reproduce the examples from the APA manual (items 88b, 90b, 90c). The APA manual calls for screen names only when they are very different from the author name, hence why I didn’t enter them for TED or Oxford. You could of course add them after the author given name the same way I did for GrammarGirl.

“YouTube video” doesn’t need any sort of special item type—Video Recording covers it. Indeed, you can see from the APA manual that both examples 88 and 90 include examples from YouTube and other platforms.

MsStarkman

You're right. Thank you again.