When citing (not reprinting) a figure from a book, article or other sources, cite the source as usual and add the page number and figure number in the in-text citation.
If the source is freely available online, hyperlink the title and add an accessed date.
... (Author Surame Year of Publication:page no, figure no) ...
... (Anderson 2018, figure 8.1)...
Author (Year)Book Title: Subtitle, Edition, Publisher, Place of Publication, accessed Day Month Year.
Anderson C (2018) Essentials of linguistics, McMaster University, accessed 22 February 2022.
If you are including a figure from another source in your assignment, you need provide the source citation, copyright information, and permission if needed with the figure. If the work being credited is listed in the reference list, only a shortened form needs appear in the source citation, e.g. Source: Doyle and McCutcheon (2015).
The following is an example of reprinting a figure from a book. For reusing figures from other sources, follow the citation pattern for that source.
Figure 1. Surgical mask (left) and N95 mask (right). Source: Doyle and McCutcheon (2015 ch 1.4). © 2015 by BCCampus, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
[This eBook does not use page numbers so the chapter information has been included instead. This will assist with locating the original figure]
Reference list entry:
Doyle GR and McCutcheon JA (2015) Clinical procedures for safer patient care, British Columbia Institute of Technology, accessed 22 February 2022.
In the caption under the figure change the source to 'Source: Adapted from' to show that you have changed the original (even in a small way).
Where Creative Commons licences are involved (and allow adaptation), you should include a statement at the end that explains how you have change the material. Short and simple is OK here, it's more to show that the material has been changed.
The figure above, reprinted from Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care, has been reproduced under the Creative Commons License. This notice is separate from the figure so as not to confuse the referencing in the figure caption.
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care by Glynda Rees Doyle and Jodie Anita McCutcheon: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
... (Cartographer's Last Name Year of Publication) ...
... (Google Earth 2022) ...
... (US Geological Survey 1909) ...
Cartographer (Year) Map title: subtitle, Publication details, accessed Day Month Year.
Google Earth (2022) Satellite view of Newcastle, Google Earth, accessed 22 February 2022.
US Geological Survey (1909) California: Yosemite Quadrangle, USGS Historic Topographic Map Collection, accessed 22 February 2022.
Captions
When use an artwork of others, provide a caption with the details of the artwork, copyright information, and permission if needed.
Format and example:
Creator Full Name (Year) Title or description of work [medium], Website, Exhibition or Gallery, Location of Gallery, © Creator, courtesy: Creator or Gallery, accessed Date Month Year.
Angela Tiatia (2015) Holding on [still], Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery, Sydney, © Angela Tiatia, courtesy: Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery.
If your caption includes all of the artwork/photograph details, you may not need to also include a reference list entry. If you do need to include reference list entries, follow the format below.
Creator Surname (Title of artwork Year of Creation)
The collection includes Long (The spirit of the plains 1897) and Dalí (The persistence of memory 1931).
Creator C (Year) Title or description of work [medium], Website, Exhibition or Gallery, Location of Gallery, accessed Date Month Year.
Dalí S (1931) The persistence of memory [oil on canvas], Museum of Modern Art, New York, accessed 22 February 2022.
Long S (1897) The spirit of the plains [painting], Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
When citing (not reprinting) a table from a book, an article or other sources, provide the page and table numbers where the table is located in the in-text citation.
For tables from other sources, follow the pattern for that source and add the page and table number in the in-text citation as required. If the source is freely available online, hyper link the title of citation in the reference list.
... (Author's Last Name/s Year of Publication:page number, table number) ...
... (Chavas et al. 2014:167 table 4.4) ...
Authors' Last Names Initials (Year) Book title: subtitle edition, Publisher, Place of Publication.
Chavas, J-P, Hummels D, and Wright BD (eds) (2014) The economics of food price volatility, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
If you are including a table from another source within an assignment, you need provide the source notes and credit lines with the table. If the work being credited is listed in the reference list, only a shortened form needs appear in the credit line.
The following is an example of reprinting a table from a book. For reusing tables from other sources, follow the citation pattern for that source.
Table 1. Nursing Interventions for the Stages of Dying Source: Lowey (2015, table 3.1). ©2015 by Susan E. Lowey, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
Reproduction note:
The table above, reprinted from Nursing Care at the End of Life has been reproduced under the Creative Commons License. This notice is separate from the table so as not to confuse the referencing in the table notes.
Nursing Care at the End of Life by Susan. E. Lowey: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License