APA 7th Edition Citation Examples

When you copy any type of image from a source into your paper—a table or chart from a journal article, for example, or a painting from a museum website—you have to cite the image.

You need to cite the image in three ways:

Reference list

If, for example, you copy a table from a journal article, cite the journal article as you normally would in the reference list. For example, if you were using a table from this article, include a normal journal-article reference citation like this:

Lane, D. M., & Chang, Y.-H. A. (2018). Chess knowledge predicts chess memory even after controlling for chess experience: Evidence for the role of high-level processes. Memory & Cognition, 46(3), 337–348. https://doi.org /10.3758/s13421-017-0768-2

In-text citation

In a sentence within your paper, include a normal APA in-text citation that corresponds to the reference citation you've written. Also indicate to the reader which Figure in your paper you are referring to. For example, if you use a table that describes chess players' memory, knowledge, and experience  from the above article, you might write:

Note below the image

 Follow APA format to show the source of the image. This information goes as a note below the image itself. The information that shows your source is similar to your reference list citation, but in a different format (see example below).

Also, above the image, label it with the appropriate Figure number for your paper: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc. (You can place figures at the end of your paper or on the pages where you mention them.) For example:

See Publication Manual, 10.14.