Images, Motion Pictures, and Videos

• Label an inserted graphic Figure, Table, Chart, etc. and give it a number along with a caption (author's last name, first initial, and a brief description).
• Place the label and caption underneath your graphic.
• Read details about captioning an image in Microsoft Word.If you alter or crop an image, you have to indicate this clearly in the caption.
   
• For citing in-text or with a parenthetical citation, use the figure number.
  • For numbering figures, use only Arabic numerals.

Examples:

This image of the Grand Canyon (see Figure 1) . . .

The statistics for 2003 (see Figure 2.1) show exactly . . .

When formatting a works cited page, remember:

• All entries must be organized in alphabetical order.
• When formatting, indent the second and further rows.
• Use double line spacing between entries.

For more information, see the links in our Citation Resource Guide.

For more information see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style, 7th ed., in your library:

• REF BF76.7 .P83 2020 (Information Desk)
• BF76.7.P83 2020 (Stacks)

The following websites offer online instructions about the APA  Citation Style:

Citation Generator EasyBib: (provided by Chegg.com network)

• APA Format: Digital Image
• MLA Format: Digital Image

For images of paintings, sculptures, photographs, or other graphic media. If all elements for the bibliographical citation aren't available, cite what is.

GENERAL TEMPLATE FOR IMAGES IN PRINT

Artist's or Creator's Last name, First initial(s). (Year). Description or title of image [Image format].

      In First initial(s) Last name of author or editor, Book title (page range). Edition other

      than first (if applicable). Publisher, year of publication.

Notes:

• If the year the image was created is unknown, use "n.d." instead of a year. Example: Dali, S. (n.d.). Melting clocks....
• Remember to include "In" after the description of the image and its format and before the information about the source of the image.

Examples for an image from a book:

Holmes, N. (2009). How Netflix works [Illustration]. In C. Malamed, Visual language for designers (p. 178).

     Rockport Publishers.

Matisse, H. (1905). The green stripe [Oil painting]. In C. Strickland & J. Boswell, The annotated Mona Lisa:

     A crash course in art history from prehistoric to post-modern (p. 134). Andrews

     McMeel, 1992.

Example for an image from a magazine:

Yoder, D. (n.d.). Roman colosseum [Photograph]. In T. Mueller, Unearthing the colosseum's secrets.

      Smithsonian, 41 (9), 26-27.

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GENERAL TEMPLATE FOR DIGITAL IMAGES

Author's or Creator's Last name, First initial(s). (Year of creation).

      Description or title of image [Image format]. URL

Notes:

• If no author is available, use the first few words of the image title.
• If no year is available, write n.d. for no date.
• Do not put a period after the URL.

Example for a digital image:

Turner, J. O. (1947). Portrait of Einstein [Photograph]. 

         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

GENERAL TEMPLATE FOR AN IMAGE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE

Artist's Last Name, Artist's First Initial(s). (Year). Title of work [Image format]. 

         URL

Example for an image from a library database:

Library of Congress. (1927). Charles A. Lindberg in front of his airplane

         Spirit of St. Louis, 1927 [Photograph]. URL.

EXAMPLES FOR CHART, MAP, OR TABLE FROM THE INTERNET:

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division. (2011).

          Organization chart [Chart]. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/osd.htm

Central Intelligence Agency. (2011). Antarctic [Map].

        https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/refmap_antarctic.html