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How to cite using APA in the Health Sciences

PowerPoint Slides

Elements for PowerPoint Slides (Available to the Public)

Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [PowerPoint slides (or other type, e.g. Google Slides)]. Site name. URL

Example

Pinchuk, M. (2023, March 22). Indigenous health advocacy in Canada: A landscape analysis [PowerPoint slides].

SlideShare. https://www.slideshare.net/madeuppowerpoints/as-an-example

Elements for PowerPoint Slides (Available to Class Only)

Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [PowerPoint slides (or other type, e.g. Google Slides)]. Learning platform. URL for login page

Example

Singh, R. (2024, January 30). Vaccine hesitancy among newcomer populations [Google Slides]. UMLearn.

https://universityofmanitoba.desire2learn.com/d2l/login

Formatting Tips

  • If you are working on an assignment for class, clarify with your instructor that you are allowed to cite lecture material. 
  • If the audience for which are you writing does not have access to the slides, treat them as a personal communication instead.
  • Author: Use the creator as the author.
  • Date: Provide the most specific date possible, starting with year, then month and day.
  • Title: The title should be italicized and in sentence case. Include the subtitle if there is one.
  • Provide the type of media (PowerPoint slides or Google Slides) in square brackets after the title (not italicized).
  • Source: If the slides come from a classroom website or learning management system and you are writing for an audience with access to the resource, provide the name of the site and use the login page URL for sites requiring login. 
  • When the slides are available online to anyone, provide the site name as the source and the most specific URL. 
  • Do not follow the URL with a period.

Sentence Case and Title Case

What is the difference between sentence and title case? Find out in Formatting Tips.

Missing Information?

Don't leave it blank! Find out how to properly indicate that information is missing from one of your reference elements by reading more about missing information.

Acknowledgement

Information on this page was adapted from "Chapter 10: Reference List", in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), as well as the APA webpage, "Reference Lists".