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Citing Images in APA 6th Edition: Reference List

Citing Digital Images on the Reference List

GENERAL TEMPLATE FOR DIGITAL IMAGES:

Image author's  Last name, Image author's First name initial. (Year of creation [if available, otherwise n.d.]).  Description or title of image [Image format]. Retrieved from URL or Database Name.  Note:  If no author is available, use the first few words of the image title.   

Examples:

Hossler, F. (n.d.). Human Brain. [Photograph]. Retrieved from  http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/brain/

Lobes of the Brain. (n.d.). [Diagram] Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobes_of_the_brain

[Untitled Image of a Chest]. (n.d.). [X-ray photograph]. Retrieved  from http://www.heartfailurematters.org/EN/UnderstandingHeartFailure/Pages/174.aspx

 

Buggey, T. (2007, Summer). Storyboard for Ivan's Morning Routine. [Diagram]. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

Carl Jung. [Photograph] (n.d.). Retrieved from Britannica Concise Encyclopedia in Credo Reference.

Citing Print Images on the Reference List

GENERAL TEMPLATE FOR IMAGES IN PRINT:

Image author's  Last name, Image author's First name initial. (Year [if available, otherwise n.d.]). Description or title of image [Image format]. In First name initial, Last name of author or editor, Book title (page range).  Edition rather than first. Publishing place: Publisher, publishing year.  NOTE: If no author is available, use the first few words of the image title.  If no year available, write n.d. for no date.

Book example: 

n.d. Brain [diagram]. In C. R. Noback, The Human Nervous System. 4th ed. McGraw Hill, 1991.

Journal example:

n.d. Lifespan Differences/Change Across Years [Diagram]. In U. Lindenberger, The Center for Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.  International Journal of Psychology, 42 (4), 229-242.