Image from a book or journal article

In-text citations

As shown in Figure 1 . . . (Fernandez-Lizarbe et al., 2013).

Figure 1 illustrates . . . (Fernandez-Lizarbe et al., 2013).

Notes on style

  • Within the written body of your paper, cite the figure as you would for a normal in-text reference, using the author of the article or book you found the image in.
  • Refer to the figure by its assigned number. Do not refer to the figure as “the Figure above/below”, or “the Figure on page 17”.
  • If there is no artist recorded for the image, use the title in the position the author would normally be in. Please note, in APA the word “figure” is used to refer to all images, graphs, charts, and visual material.
  • When citing figures in the text of your work, you need to acknowledge them in two places:
    • within the written body of your paper, as you would for a normal in-text reference, and
    • below the figure.
  • Reference the figure in your list according to the source you found it. So if you retrieved it from a journal article, just reference the actual article as normal.

Above figure

Template

Figure number

Figure x.

Figure title

Title.

Below figure

Template

Print book

Note.  Adapted from/From Book Title (page number), by Author, Year, Publisher. (DOI or URL). Copyright/licence. Permission (if required eg. for thesis or publication).

Online journal article

Note.  Adapted from/From “Journal Article Title” , by Author, Year, Journal name, Volume(Issue), p. xx. (DOI or URL). Copyright/licence. Permission (if required eg. for thesis or publication).

Example

Figure 1.

Drawing of Rip van Winkle

Rip van winkle stands in front of his cottage. He is old and wearing ragged clothes

Note. Rip returns to his house in ruins. From Rip van Winkle, by W. Irving, 1848, American Art Union. CC0.

Reference list

Template

Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, vol(issue), xx–xx. DOI or URL

Example

Fletcher, M. (2014). Our mob: Art by South Australian Aboriginal artists. Artlink, 34(2), 101-102. https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4174/our-mob-art-by-south-australian-aboriginal-artists/