To cite an image found through Google using the image-search function, you must identify the website where the image was posted. Then, cite the image like you would if you found it through the original website where it was posted. If the image has no official title, create a short description of your own.

Include information in the following order:

1. author (if available)
2. year produced (if available)
3. title of image (or a description)
4. Format and any details (if applicable)
5. name and place of the sponsor of the source.
6. accessed day month year (the date you viewed/ downloaded the image)

The most basic entry for a photograph citation consists of the creator’s name(s), the image title, the creation date, and location details. The citation format varies depending on where you viewed the image. Begin with the name of the photographer.

For images referenced in a text:

1. Include them in Works Cited list without figure numbers.
2. List artist’s name, title of work (italicized), date of composition, medium and name of institution that houses the collection.

Citing Images Images must be cited like all other resources. If you use an image you did not create, you must provide a citation, even if the image is very small, or in the public domain. Image citations should include the following information, if available: Title.

Own/Personal image If the image is your own (e.g. your own photo), you just need a caption. No in text citation or reference is required.

The in-text citation consists of:

1. figure # above the photograph:
2. title in italics beneath the figure #
3. description of the photograph under the photo.
4. year you took the photograph, following the description.

If you use graphs, diagrams, photographs or other images in your work that you have created yourself, you do not need to reference them, but you do still need to give them a caption and explain why they are there. Give your Figure a number (in italics) and title to describe it.

Figure reproduced in your text From [or Adapted from] Book Title (page number), by First Initial. Second Initial. Author Surname, year, Publisher. Copyright year by Name of Copyright Holder [or In the public domain or Creative Commons license abbreviation].

All figures and tables must be mentioned in the text (a “callout”) by their number. Do not refer to the table/figure using either “the table above” or “the figure below.” Assign table/figure # in the order as it appears, numbered consecutively, in your paper – not the figure # assigned to it in its original resource.

Author, Year, Journal Title, Volume(issue), page number. Copyright (year) by title of publisher. Figure X. Descriptive title for figure.

The terms reference and citation are also often used to refer to the same thing although a citation tends to mean the part of the text within your assignment where you acknowledge the source; whilst a reference usually refers to the full bibliographic information at the end.

Do not duplicate data among figures, tables, and text. Instead, use the text to summarize what the reader will find in the table, or mention one or two of the most important data points. It is usually much easier to read data in a table than in the text.

Adaptation of a figure means changing the previously published form, for example by adding or subtracting information. Alternatively, you can use the figure as a guide and redraw the synthesis scheme entirely, creating a new figure with the correct information. This is redrawing, and does not require permission.

Requesting permission The easiest way to obtain permission to reproduce a figure is using RightsLink. The majority of publishers use this service. If the publisher of the figure you wish to reproduce does not use RightsLink, you can request permissions directly from the publisher.

Usually. The student who wrote the thesis or dissertation owns the copyright and must be asked for permission. Figures are generally considered works in and of themselves and do not usually constitute a small portion of the work. See “How to Use Copyrighted Materials” for more information.

1. The best way to use figures and tables in a published source is to revise and combine them with something of your own. Because data is not subject to copyright. In this way, you only need to cite the source properly without asking for permission.

Fair Use – Most teaching- and paper-writing uses of images fall under the famous “fair use” provision (single use for scholarly purposes). Basically, fair use allows academics to use even copyrighted materials a single time to a limited audience without securing the permission of the copyright holder.

Yes, you can use the figures from another paper in your own. However, you would need to cite the source clearly in the references section of your paper. You would need to get permission from the journal/publisher. This is a pretty simple process.