14. Images including tables, figures, graphs, maps, charts and datasets

In this chapter:  
Online images Image (figure/table) you created yourself
Creative Commons (CC) licence Personal photograph
  • When referencing an image, treat it as you would a direct quote and include the page number/s. If you are mentioning an image but not reproducing or adapting it in your paper, follow the referencing guidelines for the type of source the image is displayed in.
  • For Clip Art or Stock Images there is no in-text citation or reference listing needed, as no attribution is required.
1. ONLINE IMAGES
  • Author name available – In-text, cite author, year and page number (if available).
  • No Author name – In-text, if there is no named author, use the image title or description (in italics) followed by the date and page number (if available).
  • There must also be an in-text citation if reproducing or adapting data.
In-text

(Author/Organisation Year, p. Page No.)

Example:

Newfoundland’s early charts contained… (Lane & Cook 1775).
Reference

Author Surname or Organisation, Author Initial Year, Image title, Document description, Company/Sponsor Name, C/S Location, viewed Day Month Year, <URL>.

Example:

Lane, M & Cook, J 1775, A general chart of the island of Newfoundland, digital image of cartographic material, Wikimedia Commons, viewed 11 March 2008, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cooks_Karte_von_Neufundland.jpg.>
2. CREATIVE COMMONS (CC) LICENCE
  • For items with a Creative Commons Licence, see the UniSQ Creative Commons website for more information.
  • Information about the Creative Commons Licence is entered directly after the item is used, within your assignment. There is no need to include Creative Commons licensing information in your list of references at the end of your assignment.
In-text

(Author Surname Year, p. Page No.). Creative Commons license information (Creative Commons license URL).

Example:

… (Zawacki-Richter, Hanft & Backer 2011, p. 2). Used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Reference

Reference the source as you would normally, according to its format.
3. IMAGE (FIGURE/TABLE) YOU CREATED YOURSELF
In-text

Your in-text citation consists of providing an accurate and detailed description of the image, usually in the form of a title.

Example:

Table 1: Differences between Investor and Grower Perspectives
Reference

You do not need an entry in the reference list, but you must include detailed information with the image in-text.
4. PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH
In-text

(Photographer Initial Surname Year, personal photograph, Day Month)

Example:

… (MA Toby 1987, personal photograph, 2 May).
Reference

A personal photograph is a form of Personal Communication and does not require an entry in the Reference List.

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