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Finding and Using Images

Figures

Figures: Information represented in the form of photos, drawings, images, graphs, charts or maps

          

Captioning a Figure

Practices:

  • Captions are placed BELOW the image.
  • Include: (1) a description of the figure/image, and (2) a source credit

     

                                          

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   Fig. 1. "Kashi, puppy beagle :)” by “Capture99.” Licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC-BY2.0). Accessed 26 Feb 2018. https://www.flickr.com/photos/99543037@N05/9448115112

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Citing Figures and Tables in your Bibliography

Citing images from Google: 

Tip: After doing a Google image search, click on the image of interest, then click on the "Visit" icon on the right to obtain information on the photo.

Citing an image from Flickr:

Capture99. "Kashi, Puppy Beagle". 24 July, 2013. Online image. Flikr. 26 Feb 2008. www.flickr.com/photos/99543037@N05/9448115112

​Citing an image from Getty Images:

Getty Images. (2016). Giant Pandas play on snow at Hangzhou Zoo [Photograph], Retrieved from: (https://www.gettyimages.com/event/giant-pandas-play-after-snow-in-hangzhou-601288643#/two-giant-pandas-play-on-snow-at-hangzhou-zoo-on-january-21-2016-in-picture-id506189554)

​​Citing figures and tables from scholarly sources:

Citing a chart from a journal article: 

Roy, Debanjan Guha, T. N. Singh, and J. Kodikara. "Influence of joint anisotropy on the fracturing behavior of a sedimentary rock." Engineering Geology 228 (2017): figure 3.

Citing a table from a journal article: 

Roy, Debanjan Guha, T. N. Singh, and J. Kodikara. "Influence of joint anisotropy on the fracturing behavior of a sedimentary rock." Engineering Geology 228 (2017): table 2.