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Citing Your Sources in APA 7th: Images, Artwork, Charts, Graphs and Tables

Working With Figures and Tables

In order to cite figures and tables correctly in APA Style, we must first know whether we are referencing or reproducing the figure or table in question.

  • Referencing is when you refer to a figure or table you found in an outside source but do not insert it into your assignment.
  • Reproducing is when you copy a photo, image, chart, graph, or table directly into your assignment from an outside source.

Referencing Figures and Tables

If you refer to a figure or table from an outside source but do not insert it directly into your assignment, your in-text citations and Reference list will cite the overall source in which you found the figure or table.

Examples:

  • If you refer to information from a table in a National Geographic magazine article but do not reproduce the table in your assignment, you would cite the entire magazine article.
  • If you refer to a photo that is posted on a webpage but do not copy the photo into your assignment, you would cite the entire webpage. 

Reproducing Figures and Tables

Figures (Images, Photos, Charts, Graphs, etc.)

Caption Format:

Figure X

Title of Figure

[Figure goes here]

Note. From Title of figure [Type of Figure], by Author(s) or Group Name, Date, Website Name (URL) [if online]. Copyright Statement [if any].

 

Citation Format:

Author(s) or Group Name. (Year). Title or description of figure [Type of Figure]. Website Name. URL [if online]

Example:

Figure 1

Lava the Sled Dog

Lava the sled dog with snowy background

Note. From Lava [Photograph], by Denali National Park and Preserve, 2013, Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8639280606). CC BY 2.0.

 

Full Citation:

Denali National Park and Preserve. (2013). Lava [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8639280606

Numbering:

Figures should be numbered in the order they appear in your assignment. Keep numbering for Figures separate from numbering for Tables.

Tables

If you insert a table from another source into your assignment, you must create a caption for it directly below the table with the full citation for the source in which you found the table. Above the table, add a label (Table X) and below this, add a description of what information is contained in the table.

Table X

Title of Table

[Table goes here]

Note. From [or Adapted from] Source Title, by Initials. Last name or Group Name, Year (URL [if online]). Copyright statement.

 

Citation Format:

Cite the source where you found the table, e.g. a website, article, book, etc.

Example:

Table 1

Percentage of New Zealand Population Who Have Never Worked by Age Group.

Table showing percentage of New Zealanders who have never worked by age group

Note. Adapted from Percentage of New Zealand population who have never worked, June 2016 quarter, by Statistics New Zealand, 2016 (http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/people-never-worked.aspx). Copyright 2016 by Statistics New Zealand. 

Full Citation:

Statistics New Zealand. (2016). Percentage of New Zealand population who have never worked, June 2016 quarter [Table]. http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/people-never-worked.aspx

Numbering:

Tables should be numbered in the order they appear in your assignment, e.g. Table 1, Table 2, Table 3. Keep numbering for your tables separate from your figure numbering. 

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