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Referencing Guide: Images

Information on standardised methods to give credit to the source of your ideas in your work.

APA - Images Examples

Images/Figures from books/journal articles

In-text citation

(Format)

 Figure 3. Image name/description (Artist/Owner, year, page number).

In-text citation

(Example)

 Figure 1. changes (Tanaka & Seals, 2016).

Reference list

(Format)

 Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue   number), page–page. doi:xxxx

Reference list

(Example)

 Tanaka, H, & Seals, D. R. (2008). Endurance exercise performance in masters athletes: Age-   associated changes and underlying physiological mechanisms. Journal of Physiology, 586(1), 55-63.   doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2007.141879

Images from the web

In-text citation

(Format)

 Figure 1. Image name (Artist/Owner, year).

In-text citation

(Example)

 Figure 1. Malaria lifecycle (Center for Disease Control 2016).

Reference list

(Format)

 Artist/Owner last name, initial. (year). Title of work [Format]. Retrieved from URL

Reference list

(Example)

 Center for Disease Control. (2016). Malaria lifecycle [Image]. Retrieved   from  https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/images/graphs/life_cycle/malaria_lifecycle.gif

Work of Art (paintings, sculptures etc.) - Print or Online

In-text citation

(Format)

 Figure 1. Image name (Artist/Owner, year).

In-text citation

(Example)

 Figure 1. The Thinker (Rodin,1902).

Reference list

(Format)

 Artist, A. A. (date of creation). Title of art [Format]. Place of publication: Publisher.

Reference list

(Example)

 Rodin, A.(1902). The Thinker [Bronze and marble sculpture]. Paris, France: Musée Rodin.

 The following is an example of a online work of art:

 Wyeth, A. (1948). Christina's world [Painting]. Retrieved from     http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/index