SUBJECT LIBGUIDE: LEARNING APA: IN-TEXT CITATIONS: Using Images, Charts, Graphs, Maps & Tables from Web sources

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 image title.

• 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 Website,"

• 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 Author/Creator'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,

publication date, 

• Enter the following year,
• Punctuation matters:  put a comma after the year
• 2019,

Title of Website.

• This is the name of the website
• 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

Retrieved Month, day, year that you last viewed the website, from url.

• Enter Retrieved from with the month and date you last saw the image, table etc.
• Add a comma
• Enter from website name
• Punctuation Counts: Place a period at the end.
• Example. Retrieved June 14, 2013, from http://www.strongonline/casestudies/one.html.

Copyright date by Name of Copyright Holder.

• Add Copyright year, by the owner or copyright holder
• Punctuation Counts: Place a period at the end
• Example: Copyright 2015 by J.D. Doe Ltd.

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

Figure x. Description of the image or image title if given. Adapted from "Title of Website," by Author/Creator's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name if given, publication date if given, Title of Website. Retrieved Month, day, year that you last viewed the website, from url. Copyright date by Name of Copyright Holder.

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

Example:

Figure 2. Table of symbols. Adapted from "Case One Study Results," by G. A. Black, 2006, Strong Online. Retrieved June 14, 2013, from http://www.strongonline/casestudies/one.html. Copyright 2010 by G.L. Strong Ltd.

• 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.