Map, chart, illustration, figure, table

In-text citations

The city of Casey as shown in Figure 4 … (Victorian Electoral Commission, 2012).

The Victorian Electoral Commission (2012) published a very useful map, shown in Figure 4 …

Notes on style

  • If there is no author or 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.
    • within the written body of your paper, as you would for a normal in-text reference, and
    • below the figure.
  • When citing figures in the text of your work, you need to acknowledge them in two places:
    • Within the written body of your paper, cite the figure as you would for a normal in-text reference.
    • 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”.
  • 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

Note. Adapted from/From Source Name, by Author, Year, Site name (URL). Copyright/licence. Permission (if required eg. for thesis or publication).

Example

Figure 2.

Map of Victoria.

old map of victoria

Note. From The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical maps of Australian and the Pacific, by McCarron, Bird and co., 1916, University of Texas Libraries (https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/australia_1916_victoria.jpg). In the public domain.

Reference list

Online

Template

Author. (Year). Title [Form]. Publisher. DOI/URL

Example

Victorian Electoral Commission. (2016). Electoral structure of Casey City Council  [Map]. Casey City Council. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/local-councils/casey-city-council

Notes on style

  • Give the author and the year of publication. If the author is the same as the publisher, there is no need to state a publisher before the URL.
  • Then the title of the item (no italics) and add the form (e.g., ‘Map’, ‘Photograph’) in square brackets. If no title or caption, give a short description in the same square brackets as the form.

Print

Template

Author. (Year). Title [Form]. Publisher.

Example

Timms, P. E. (2006). Colonial settlement in Tasmania. Tiger Press.

Notes on style

  • Give an in-text citation and reference entry for the print source containing the item, not the item itself. The title should be in italics. Add the identifying number to the in-text citation: ‘… (Timms, 2006, Figure 2)’.