Referencing - Figures & Images

Image from a website

  • - Every image included in your assignment needs a caption.  If the image is not your own work, it also requires an in-text citation.
  • - The caption should include
    • - The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both in bold font.
    • - A title or brief description of the figure in italics. Include an in-text citation with author, date, and page number.
  • - If any further information is needed to clarify contents in the image, add the word Note. In the case of papers for publications, the copyright permission that has been granted is added here. The word Note should be added in italics, followed by a full stop.
  • - Enter a full reference in the references list.

 

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 1.

Christina's world

Note. Tempera on panel. From  Christina’s world [Painting], by  A. Wyeth, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, United States (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78455). Copyright 2012 by Andrew Wyeth.

 

Figure 2.

Piriformis stretch

Note. From Healing with Yoga: Piriformis Syndrome, by R.A. Long, 2013, (https://www.dailybandha.com/2013/12/healing-with-yoga-piriformis-syndrome.html). Copyright 2010 - 2017, by Raymond A. Long, MD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wyeth, A. (1948).Christina’s world; [Painting]. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, United States. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78455

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long, R.A. (2013). Healing with yoga: Piriformis Syndrome [Image]. http://www.dailybandha.com/2013/12/healing-with-yoga-piriformis-syndrome.html

 

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Image from a website - no date or author

  • - Every image included in your assignment needs a caption.  If the image is not your own work, it also requires an in-text citation.
  • - The caption should include
    • - The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both in bold font.
    • - A title or brief description of the figure in italics. Include an in-text citation with author, date, and page number.
  • - If any further information is needed to clarify contents in the image, add the word Note. In the case of papers for publications, the copyright permission that has been granted is added here. The word Note should be added in italics, followed by a full stop.
  • - Enter a full reference in the references list.

Example

Title of image [Image]. (n.d.). URL

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 3

Visualisation during pelvic floor exercises

Note. (“Radiating ripples”, n.d.). (http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/divers28/10.htm)

 

 

 

Radiating ripples [Image]. (n.d.).     http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/divers28/10.htm

 

Move the image title to the start of the reference. n.d. = no date.

If there is no title, write a brief description of the image.
   

Image from Google images

Go to the original source by selecting the image and then clicking ‘Visit page’.

Then follow the format above for images from a website.

Image from a book or journal

  • - Every image included in your assignment needs a caption.  If the image is not your own work, it also requires an in-text citation.
  • - The caption should include
    • - The word Figure and a number (from 1, in numerical order), both in bold font.
    • - A title or brief description of the figure in italics. Include an in-text citation with author, date, and page number.
  • - If any further information is needed to clarify contents in the image, add the word Note. In the case of papers for publications, the copyright permission that has been granted is added here. The word Note should be added in italics, followed by a full stop.
  • - Enter a full reference in the references list.

Reference list example

Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Publisher.

In text example

 Reference list example

 

Figure 4.

Important childhood micronutrients

Note. From Nutrition (p.689), by P.M. Insel, R.E. Turner and  D. Ross, 2007, Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

 

Include the page number or chapter in the in-text citation where available

 

Insel, P., Turner, R.E., & Ross, D. (2007). Nutrition (3rd ed.). Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Clip Art or Stock Images

There are special requirements for using clip art and stock images in APA Style papers.

For information on sources of Clip Art and Stock Images as well as when attribution is necessary visit:

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/clip-art-references