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APA 7th edition - Reference guide: Images

Reference guide for APA 7th edition, a guide intended for students at the Univesity of Fort Hare to learn how format references according to the APA 7th edition style.

Images

Images

The instructions in this section are valid for references to stand-alone visual works such as artwork and photographs. Use this format to cite visual works, but not to reproduce them! To reproduce visual works, permission and/or a copyright attribution may be necessary in addition to the reference (see section Reprinted visual works). When citing parts of a larger work, such as figures (illustrations or graphs) from articles or books, the reference information on the specific part of the work cited is given in the in-text citation only (see instructions under Citing part of a work).  

Template

Creator, A. A. (YYYY, Month DD). Title of work [Description]. Publisher. URL


Examples:

In-text references  

(Blackwell, 1739)                        

(McKellar, 2008)

(Rousseau, 1910)

Blackwells (1739) illustration...

In a photograph by McKellar (2008)...

...as illustrated in a painting by Rousseau (1910).

Reference list

Blackwell, E. (1739). Red poppy [Print]. Lund University Library. https://www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/attachment/download/alvin-record:251341/ATTACHMENT-0001.tiff

McKellar, I. (2008, June 23). Seals [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianloic/2730480891

Rousseau, H. (1910). Tropical forest with monkeys [Painting]. National Gallery of Arts. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.61253.html