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How to Cite Charts in APA Format

APA citation format is used by many faculties as the preferred method of citing sources. With APA format, there should be in-text citations that indicate areas where facts and numbers were drawn from other sources. At the end of the document, these sources need to be compiled into an alphabetized list called the Reference list, or Bibliography. If you are citing a chart, number or figure in APA format it is important to include the source in the context of your document as well as in the body of your final reference list.

Instructions

- 1
  Incorporate a note at the bottom of the chart, as it appears in your final document. Write the note as follows if the chart was drawn from a journal article:
  
  Note. From "Title of Article," by Author(s), Year, Title of Publication in Italics, Edition #, Page #.
  
  Write the note as follows if the chart was drawn from a book:
  
  Note. From Title of Book (p. #), by Author(s), Year, Place of Publication: Publisher.
  
  Replace the required fields with information that pertains to your chart.
- 2
  Include the chart as a source in your final reference list. To reference a chart in APA format for your list, include your chart's information into the following format:
  
  Author. (Date). Title of graph, chart, or figure. In author or editor of work Title of work. Place of Publication: Publisher.
- 3
  Place the reference in alphabetical order by the last name of the author for your chart.

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