Image Copyright : Citing Images

Reference list:

Fig.1. Vincent van Gogh; "The Starry Night"; Britannica Academic; 8 Apr. 2019. 

Works cited:

Gogh, Vincent van. The Starry Night". Britannica Academic. 8 Apr. 2019.

In-text citation: Include the image title in italics or a general description of it and the first element in the works cited entry and the date in brackets. Refer to the figure in-text and provide an Arabic numeral that corresponds to the figure (eg. “See Figure 1”).

Example: The Starry Night (Gogh, 1889)

Incorporating the image in text: In the text, refer to figures by their number (i.e., Figure 1 or Figure 2), not as "the figure below" or "the figure above." The image should be placed close as possible to the part of text referencing it and should be centered in the paper. Provide a brief description of the image along with the title.

Guidelines: Figure 1. Descriptive caption of image. From Image Title, by Creator's Name, year of creation, Database/URL. Copyright date by Name of copyright holder. Reprinted with permission (if applicable).

Reference list: Each figure must have a full bibliographic entry in your Reference List.

Guidelines: Creator's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of creation). Title of image or description of image. [Type of work]. Retrieved from URL/database.

In-text citation: Include the image title in italics or a general description of it and the first element in the works cited entry in brackets. Refer to the figure in-text and provide an Arabic numeral that corresponds to the figure (eg. “See fig. 1”). Do not capitalize figure or fig.

Example: The Starry Night (Gogh)

Incorporating the image in text: Place the image right after you have referred to it. Insert the image citation/caption immediately below the image. All illustrative visual material should be labelled Fig./Figure (here capitalized),  assigned a number (corresponding to the number you have given in the in-text reference) and given a caption (the title of the image in italics or a short description of the image, if a title is not applicable).

Guidelines: Fig. 1. Author (first, last); "Title"; source, date, URL; medium (if applicable).

Works cited: All the images you have included and referred to in your text should be mentioned in the Works cited list.

Guidelines: Author (last, first). "Title." source, date, URL. Accessed date.

The Citation of images in this style differs from the previous two because it uses the Footnote/Endnote system.

Another specificity is that the information about an image is usually presented in the text rather than in a footnote or bibliography. If this is, however, necessary there are several guidelines to follow:

In-text citation: It should be numbered and the word “figure” should be lowercased and fully spelled out. All text references to the image should be by number eg. “figure 1.”

Example (in-text): The Starry Night¹

Guidelines (footnote): 1. First Name Last Name of creator, Title of Work, date of creation or completion, medium, Name of Institution, location (if applicable), URL.

Example (footnote): Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night, 1889, Image, in the Museum of modern Art, New York City, from Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed August 5, 2019, https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/assembly/view/226962.

Incorporating the image in text: The image should be placed as soon as its text reference. Below the image, the caption should begin with “Figure” or “Fig.” followed by a number and period. The caption (capitalized and italicized.) can be of only word or two, a sentence or a few sentences. The credit line (the image source) is also required and it’s usually in brackets.

Bibliography:

Guidelines: Last name First name. Title of Work. Date of creation or completion. Medium. Name of Institution. Location (if applicable). URL.

Example: Gogh, Vincent van.The Starry Night. 1889. Image. In the Museum of modern Art, New York City. Encyclopedia Britannica, https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/assembly/view/226962.