How to List Pictures As a Reference

Citing an Image in a Book

• 1

  List the author's last name and first name, followed by a period. For example:

  Brown, Sam.

• 2

  List the title of the book, followed by a period.

• 3

  List the city of publication, publisher and year of publication in the following format:

  Boston: Harvard Press, 2010.

• 4

  List information that allows your reader to locate the image in the book. If the book is listed as a numbered table or image, include that information. For example:

  Table 1.2.

  The finished reference-list entry should appear as follows:

  Brown, Sam. The Impact of Wealth on Education. Boston: Harvard Press, 2010. Table 1.2.

Citing an Online Image

• 5

  List the author's last name and first name, followed by a period. For example:

  Brown, Sam.

• 6

  List the title or caption of the image, followed by a period. For example:

  Rates of Literacy Among the Poor.

• 7

  List the name of the website, followed by a period. For example:

  EducationWeb.

• 8

  List the type of file, followed by a comma. For example:

  JPG,

• 9

  List the URL.

• 10

  List the date of access in parentheses. For example:

  (accessed February 11, 2010)

  Your finished reference list entry should appear as follows:

  Brown, Sam. Rates of Literacy Among the Poor. EducationWeb. JPG, http://www.educationweb.com/art87639209887 (accessed February 11, 2010)