Information Literacy Skills Development

Figure Attribution in APA Writing Style

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General Format Example

General Format 1 (Figure from a Book):

Caption under Figure

Figure X. Descriptive phrase that serves as title and description. Reprinted [or adapted] from Book Title (page number), by Author First Initial. Second Initial. Surname, Year, Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright [Year] by the Name of Copyright Holder. Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.

Example 1 (Figure from a Book): Caption under Figure

Figure 2. Sample model comparison table. From Publication Manual of the American

Psychological Association (p. 146), by American

Psychological Association, 2010, Washington, DC: APA.

General Format 2 (Figure from a Journal Article Database):

Caption under Figure

Figure X. Descriptive phrase that serves as title and description. Reprinted [or adapted] from “Title of Article,” by Author First Initial. Second Initial. Surname, Year, Journal Title, Volume(issue), page number. Copyright [Year] by the Name of Copyright Holder. Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.

Example 2 (Figure from a Journal Article Database) Caption under Figure Figure 1. Effect of prolonged arsenite exposure on GSIS in INS-1(832/13) cells from Low-level arsenic impairs glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells: involvement of cellular adaptive response to

oxidative stress, Environmental Health Perspectives,

Jun2010, 118:6, 866.

General Format 3 (Figure from a Website): Caption under Figure

Figure X. Descriptive phrase that serves as title and description. Reprinted [or adapted] from Title of Website, by Author First Initial. Second Initial. Surname, Year, Retrieved from URL. Copyright [year] by the Name of Copyright Holder. Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.

Example 3 (Figure from a Website):

Caption under Figure Figure 1. Untitled photograph of a baby. Retrieved April 12, 2006,from http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jdtr/struc/chimp3.htm