SUBJECT LIBGUIDE: LEARNING APA: IN-TEXT CITATIONS: Using Images, Charts, Graphs, Maps & Tables from Magazines/Journals

Figure X.

• X represents the assigned number you give
• Figure X is in Italics
• Punctuation Counts: put a period after Figure X.

Description of the image or title of the image.

• If the image has a title enter the title
• If the image does not have a title describe the image
• Place a period at the end of the description.

Adapted from "Title of Article,"

• Enter the word Adapted from
• The “Title of Article” refers to the source of where you found the image
• Punctuation Counts: Place quotation marks around the “Title of the Article,”
• Punctuation Counts: Place a comma after the title within the quotation marks

by Article Author's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name,

• Include the word: by
• Include the Author's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name
• Put a comma after the last name
• Examples: J. Doe
• Examples: By J. Doe and L. Doe,

year, day, (for a magazine) or year (for a journal),

• Enter the following year, Month day, (Magazines)
• Enter the following year, month, (Journals)
• Punctuation matters:  put a comma after the year and day
• 2019, May 8,
• 2019,

Title of Magazine or Journal,

• This is the name of the magazine or journal
• Examples: New York Times, The Economist, Times Magazine etic
• This must be in italic
• Punctuation Counts: put a comma after the title of your magazine

volume number, page(s).

• The volume number is in italics
• Place a comma after the volume number
• Enter the pages of your article
• Use p. for 1 page
• Use p.p. for more than 1 page
• Punctuation Counts: place a period after the page number(s)

Copyright year by name of copyright holder.

• Add the copyright year by the name of the copyright holder/owner
• Example: Copyright 2006 by Sports Digest Inc.

Figure X. Description of the image or title of the image. Adapted from "Title of Article," by Article Author's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name, year, day, (for a magazine) or year (for a journal), Title of Magazine or Journal, volume number, page(s). Copyright year by name of copyright holder.

Note: Applies to Graphs, Charts, Drawings, Maps, Tables and Photographs

Figure X. Description of the image or title of the image. Adapted from "Title of Article," by Article Author's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name, year, day, (for a magazine) or year (for a journal), Title of Magazine or Journal, volume number, page(s). Copyright year by name of copyright holder.

Note: Information about the image is placed directly below the image in your assignment.

Example:

Figure 1. Man exercising. Adapted from "Yoga: Stretching Out," by A. N. Green, and L. O. Brown, 2006, May 8, Sports Digest, 15, p. 22. Copyright 2006 by Sports Digest Inc.

• Reproducing happens when you copy an image, table, graph or chart that is someone elses original idea. If you reproduce one of these works in your assignment, you must create a note underneath the image, chart, table or graph to show where you found it. You do not include this information in a Reference list.
• If you refer or paraphrase information from an image, chart, table or graph, but do not reproduce it in your paper, you need  a citation both in-text and on your Reference list.
• If the information is part of another format, for example a book, magazine article, encyclopedia, etc., cite the work it came from. For example if information came from a table in an article in Money magazine, you would cite the entire article.
• If you are only making a passing reference to a well known image, you would not have to cite it, e.g. describing someone as having a Mona Lisa smile.
• Each image you reproduce should be assigned a figure number, starting with number 1 for the first image used in the assignment.
• Images may not have a set title. If this is the case give a description of the image where you would normally put the title.
• Include copyright information in the citation if it is given, including the year and the copyright holder. Copyright information on a website may often be found at the bottom of the home page.