Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
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Citing an image is a little different than a regular source. There are specific considerations depending on the type of work you are crediting. In general, a citation for an image will looking something like this if it is a digital image or photograph:
Reference Page:
Author last name, First initial. (Publication or creation date). Title of image [Type of media]. Name of publisher, museum, or university. URL
In Text Citation
(Author last name, year)
Often, you will just use a caption below an image to cite the work. This will generally look like:
"Image title" by Author/Creator name is licensed by CC BY-ND 2.0
How do I cite a journal article?
Remember, you will want to change your indent margins to have a hanging tab for your reference page, so they will look a little different if they have more than one line (the second line will be indented farther than the first line of any reference).
How do I cite something that I found on a website?
First, make sure that what you're citing doesn't fit into a specific category of reference, like an article from an online journal or newspaper, a blog, or a government report. This is the general format for citing materials from the web:
Do I have to cite images that I found online?
Yes. Use the general format for citing materials from the web, above, and use [digital image] or something similar for the format description. Online images may not have an author or date. If that's the case, follow this guide for citations with missing pieces.
How do I cite a YouTube video?
Follow this format for citing YouTube videos:
Use the name of the account that uploaded the video as the author. If the person or group is the same as the username, you do not have to include that. If you are citing a TED Talk from YouTube, there are specific instructions for that here.
How do I cite an article that doesn't have a DOI?
DOI, or digital object identifier, is a number that's included at the end of many journal article references in APA style. If you previously created references following APA 6th edition, you may remember that you had to locate retrieval information for articles without DOIs. This is no longer the case for APA 7th edition. If your article does not have a DOI, the reference will end with the volume, issue, and page numbers, as applicable. For more details and examples, please continue to this page...
