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Print and Electronic Publications

A citation for an image from a published source requires, at minimum, the creator of the image and the source of the image. It is good practice to also include the image title. The general format would be:

Creator, Title, source.

How the source of the image is cited depends on the citation practices of the discipline. For example citing an image from a journal source, formatted in APA style would look like this:

Creator (Last name, First name), Title. From Author. (Date of publication). Article title. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), pages.

Formatted in MLA style it would look like this:

Creator (first name last name), Title. From Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal VolumeIssue. (Year): pages. Medium of publication.

Examples (APA Style):

Example	Creator	Title (from original source)	Source	Format
caption: G. Forte et al, Figure 1. From Forte, G. et al. (2009) Ab Initio Prediction of Boron Compounds Arising from Borozene: Structural and Electronic Properties. Nanoscale Research Letters, 5:158-163 Retrieved March 27, 2012 from SpringerOpen. doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9458-8 Used with permission from SpringerOpen.	G. Forte et al	Figure 1	Forte, G. et al. (2009) Ab Initio Prediction of Boron Compounds Arising from Borozene: Structural and Electronic Properties. Nanoscale Research Letters, 5:158-163 Retrieved March 27, 2012 from SpringerOpen. doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9458-8	Journal Article
caption: Randolph Caldecott, This is the house that Jack built. From Caldecott, R. (1878) The House That Jack Built. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.	Randolph Caldecott	This is the house the Jack built	Caldecott, R. (1878) The House That Jack Built. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.	Book

Short Citations

If including the full reference directly under the image is not appropriate for the project it is possible to include a short attribution under the image with a full citation or attribution statement in a reference page at the end of the work or in a footnote, much like an in-text citation.

Example	Short Citation	Full reference
caption: Clusters B6OH12 and B228H24 (c) G. Forte et al, 2009.	(c)G. Forte et al, 2009	Image: Clusters B6OH12 and B228H24 G. Forte et al, Figure 1. From Forte, G. et al. (2009) Ab Initio Prediction of Boron Compounds Arising from Borozene: Structural and Electronic Properties. Nanoscale Research Letters, 5:158-163 Retrieved March 27, 2012 from SpringerOpen. doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9458-8 Used with permission from SpringerOpen.