Research & Referencing
How to reference images.
Image from Website
Figure 1. Liberation of Auschwitz (Faiola, Eglash & Boorstein, 2015)
Artwork from Website
Figure 2. The scream (Munch, 1893)
Image from Book
Figure 3. Concave refraction (Butt & Russell, 2004, p. 53)
Image from Magazine/Journal
Figure 4. Corner shop renovation blueprint. (McMillan, 2015, p. 64)
General Rules
Any image used in your assignment requires a caption. If the image is not your own work it also requires an in-text citation to the original source.
A figure caption should include:
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The word Figure (below an image) with a capital letter and in italics
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A number (from 1, in numerical order) followed by a period
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A title for the figure or brief description of the work
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An in-text citation for the reference of the source (if not your own work), which includes the Author(s) surname, date and page number for the source if one is present, i.e. (Smith, 2012, p.14)
A table caption should include:
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The word Table (above a table) with a capital letter
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A number (from 1, in numerical order)
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A title for the table in italics
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The word Note (below a table) with a capital letter and in italics, followed by a period
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Following the word Note, a phrase starting with Adapted from ...
You must refer to each figure or table in the text of your assignment and highlight what you want your reader to notice:
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(see Figure 1)
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Table 2 compares...
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As Figure 3 indicates...
In your references list, if you got the image from:
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A BOOK, reference it as you would a quotation from a book
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A JOURNAL, reference as you would a quotation from a journal
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A WEB PAGE, reference it as you would a quotation from a web page
Image from Website
Author Surnames, Initials. (Year). Webpage. Retrieved from URL
e.g. Faiola, A., Eglash, R., & Boorstein, M. (2015). The voices of Auschwitz. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/world/2015/01/23/with-fewer-voices-auschwitz-survivors-speak/
In-text: (Faiola, Eglash & Boorstein, 2015)
Artwork from Website
Artist's Surname, Initials. (Year artwork created). Title of artwork [format]. Retrieved from URL
e.g. Munch, E. (1893). The scream [Painting]. Retrieved from http://www.edvardmunch.org/the-scream.jsp
In-text: (Munch, 1893)
Image from Book
First Surname, Initials., & Second Surname, Initials. (Year published). Title of Book. Place published: Publisher.
e.g. Butt, T., & Russell, P., & Grigg, R. (2004). Surf science: An introduction to waves for surfing. Honolulu, HI: U niversity of Hawaii Press.
In-text: (Butt, Russell & Grigg, 2004)
Image from Magazine/Journal
Author’s surname, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of Article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), pages.
e.g. McMillan, A. (2015). Corner shop. Sanctuary, 2015(32), 62-65.
In-text: (McMillan, 2015)
NB: In this example, Sanctuary magazine does not have volume numbers. As a result the year is entered in its place.