Refer to tables by their number in the text if this is a table in your research paper. For example, if you want to draw attention to a particular finding, cite as follows, capitalizing the word "table":
As shown in Table 8, the responses...
Cite a particular table in another author's research in parentheses using the author-date citation method. Enclose in parentheses the author or authors, followed by year of publication, followed by the table number. For example:
Responses from children indicate that... (Smith, 2002, Table 8).
Cite a page number in the text if you want to refer only to a specific part of the source. Citing page numbers is most often used with books. For example:
Responses from children indicate that... (Smith, 2002, p. 34).
Always cite a page number in parentheses for a direct quotation in the text. For example:
Robbins et al. (2003) suggested that the "therapists in dropout cases may have inadvertently validated parental negativity..." (p. 541), contributing to an overall climate of negativity.
Cite the page numbers of the table in the "References" list at the end of your paper as you would other documents of this type. If the table is found in a journal article, cite the journal article; if the table is found in a book, cite the book with the page number for the table. The general format is the author's last name, followed by the author's initials, followed by the year of the book in parentheses, followed by a period. After the year, include the title of the book in italics, followed by the page numbers of the table in parentheses, followed by a period. End with the name of the location, followed by a colon, followed by the name of the publisher and a period. Cite page numbers for information other than for tables in the same way. For example:
Author, A. A. (2001). Title of book (p. 12). Location: Publisher.