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Images: finding, using and referencing

Academic use of images

Captions

Banksy art of child falling with a full shopping trolley entitled Shop until you drop

 

Alternatives:

Fig. 1. Shop until you drop (Banksy, 2011)

Fig. 1. Banksy (2011) Shop until you drop

Just be consistent…

Image sources within the reference list (online sources)

In-text citation

(Banksy, 2011)

Reference list or bibliography entry

Banksy (2011) Shop until you drop. Available from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shop_Until_You_Drop_by_Banksy.JPG [accessed 2 November 2018]

Monet, C. (1886) Flood waters. London: The National Gallery. Available from http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-flood-waters [accessed 30 June 2015]

Image sources within the reference list (from books)

In-text citation

(Rodchenko, 1936, 107)

Reference list or bibliography entry

Rodchenko, A. (1936) Ready for work and defence. In: W.A. Ewing (ed.) (2000) The century of the body: 100 photoworks 1900-2000. London: Thames & Hudson, 107.

 

List of figures or Illustrations

In the text: (see fig. 1.) (Banksy, 2011) or Banksy (2011)

In the List of figures or Illustrations:

Figure 1. Banksy (2011) Shop until you drop. [Graffitti Art] Available from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shop_Until_You_Drop_by_Banksy.JPG [accessed 2 November 2018]