Citing Images — APA Examples

An image in an online database (AP Photo Archive)

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Figure 1. Swan Lake in Golden Gate Park, San Franciso (1999). Source: AP Photo Archive, copyright Eric Risberg, 1999.
Bibliographic Citation Example

Risberg, E. (Photographer). (1999). Lake Boating, [Online Image]. Retrieved October 15, 2007, from AP Photo Archive.

An image in an online database (Library of Congress American Memory Project)

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Figure 2. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (1903-1906?). Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress, photo by Joseph Collier.
Bibliographic Citation Example

Collier. J. (Photographer). (1903-1906?). [], [Online Image]. Retrieved October 15, 2007 from The Library of Congress' American Memory website. http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00130282+C-282

An image from a website

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Figure 3. Golden Gate Park Map, San Francisco (2001). Note: Copyright Lee W. Nelson, 2001-2007.
Bibliographic Citation Example

Nelson, L. (Artist). (2001). Golden Gate Park Map, [Online Image]. Retrieved October 15, 2007 from Lee Nelson iNeTours.com Internet Tours. http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFLndmrkVws/GGP_Map.html

An image from a website (artist known, no title or date)

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Figure 4. Photograph of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (n.d.). Note: Copyright Liam Quinn (made available under a Creative Commons License)
Bibliographic Citation Example

Quinn, L. (Photographer). (n.d.) [Photograph of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco], [Online Image]. Retrieved October 15, 2007, from Liam Quinn's Home Page. http://htmlhelp.com/~liam/California/SanFrancisco/GoldenGatePark/

An image from a website (artist and date unknown)

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Figure 5. The Conservatory of Flowers at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (n.d.). Source: SFTravel.com.

Bibliographic Citation Example

Conservatory of Flowers — Golden Gate Park [Online Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved October 15, 2007, from SFTravel.com. http://www.sftravel.com/ggpark.html

An image from a book(give the image a caption, & cite the book in which the image appears)

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Figure 6. Golden Gate Park. Source: Harnik, p. 17 (2000).
Bibliographic Citation Example

Harnik, P. (2000). Inside city parks. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute.

An image from a journal article (give the image a caption, & cite the article in which the image appears)

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Figure 7. Site plan of the De Young Museum, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, showing formal gardens (scale approx 1:2500). Source: Article by Rob Gregory in The Architectural Review (2005).
Bibliographic Citation Example

Gregory, R. (2005). Full metal jacket: the de Young Museum may appear tough and impenetrable, but in reality exploring its interiors is a delight; just like a wall in the park. The Architectural Review, 218(1304), 46-61.