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Business Citation Guide: Reproductions of Photos, Images, Graphs, Charts, & Maps

This guide provides examples for citing business resources in APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.

Reproductions of Images, Charts, Tables, & Graphs

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Reproducing Images, Charts, Tables & Graphs

Reproducing happens when you copy or recreate an image, table, graph, or chart that is not your original creation. If you reproduce one of these works in your assignment:

  1. Assign each reproduction a figure or table number, in bold and left-aligned.
  2. Include a title of the figure or table in italics.
  3. Reproduce the image, table, graph, chart, etc.
  4. Create an attribution note underneath it that shows where you found it.
  5. Cite the image in your Reference List. Use the citation format of the source where the image is found. (e.g., if you find the image on a website, cite the website). 

Referring to Figures and Tables in Your Assignment

  • Use the format (see Figure #) to refer to figures and tables within your paragraphs.

Placing Figures and Tables in Your Assignment

There are two options for embedding the images in your paper:

  • Option 1: Add the image, table, graph, chart, etc. within the body of your text after the figure number is first mentioned.
  • Option 2: Add the items (each on a separate page) after the Reference List.
Citing Information from Images, Charts, Tables or Graphs (Not Reproducing)

​In this situation, you are only citing information and not reproducing the resource. Use the following steps:

  1. Provide an in-text citation. Use the citation format of the source where the image is found. (e.g., if you found the table on Statista, refer to the examples on the Statistics page or the Marketing / Demographic Data page). 
  2. Cite the resource in your Reference List. Use the citation format of the source where the resource is found. (e.g., if you find the image on a website, cite the website). 

 

The above information has been adapted from Seneca Libraries' Citing Images, Infographics, Charts, Tables, & Graphs section of their APA Citation Guide (APA 7th Edition). Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.

Example Type How to Format 
Image from an e-Book or Website

Figure 2​

A Model of Right-Wing Authoritarianism

Right-Wing Authoritarianism image depicting how authoritarianism spreads from the individual to the group to the institution to society.

Note. From "Karl Marx in the Age of Big Data and Capitalism," by C. Fuchs, in C. Fuchs and D. Chandler (Eds.), Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data (p. 66), University of Westminster Press (https://doi.org/10.16997/book29). CC BY-NC.
Example: Adapting a table from a journal

Table 1​

Comparison of Antimicrobial Resistant Genes in Chicken Gut Microbiome Grown on Organic and Conventional Diet

Antibiotics Conventional Diet
Amoxicillan ampC, sugE
Penicillin ampC, sugE

Note. Adapted from "Comparison of Antimicrobial Resistant Genes in Chicken Gut Microbiome Grown on Organic and Conventional Diet," by N. V. Hegde, S. Kariyawasam, C. DebRoy, Veterinary and Animal Science, 1-2, p. 13, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2016.07.001). CC BY.
Example: Reproducing a map from Google Maps

Figure 1

Location of York University Subway Stop

Map of York University Subway Stop

Note. From Google Maps, by Google (https://goo.gl/maps/9Csvt5bL5esQWgv66).​

The above information has been adapted from Seneca Libraries' Citing Images, Infographics, Charts, Tables, & Graphs section of their APA Citation Guide (APA 7th Edition). Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.

Need More Help with Tables & Figures?

The APA Manual (7th edition) includes an entire chapter on using tables and figures in your assignments. Refer to Chapter 7 - Tables and Figures (p. 195-250) for additional guidance and examples.