There are two types of material you can insert into your assignment: figures and tables.
A figure is a photo, image, map, graph, or chart.
A table is a table of information.
For a visual example of each, see the figure and table to the right.
Still need help?
For more information on citing figures in MLA, see Purdue OWL.
If you are searching for images on Google, after your search, click the Images tab > Tools > Usage Rights > Labeled for Reuse
Other places to find pictures or images online include:
Reproducing Figures and Tables
Reproducing happens when you copy or recreate a photo, image, chart, graph, or table that is not your original creation. If you reproduce one of these works in your assignment, you must create a note (or "caption") underneath the photo, image, chart, graph, or table to show where you found it. If you do not refer to it anywhere else in your assignment, you do not have to include the citation for this source in a Works Cited list.
Citing Information From a Photo, Image, Chart, Graph, or Table
If you refer to information from the photo, image, chart, graph, or table but do not reproduce it in your paper, create a citation both in-text and on your Works Cited list.
If the information is part of another format, for example a book, magazine article, encyclopedia, etc., cite the work it came from. For example if information came from a table in an article in National Geographic magazine, you would cite the entire magazine article.
Figure Numbers
The word figure should be abbreviated to Fig. Each figure should be assigned a figure number, starting with number 1 for the first figure used in the assignment. E.g., Fig. 1.
Title
Images may not have a set title. If this is the case give a description of the image where you would normally put the title.
Typically, clip art images from Microsoft programs such as Word and PowerPoint are not to be given a full citation. Instead put a note in-text after the image to specify which software package the clip art image came from (e.g. Image from Microsoft Word 2010).
|
Fig. X. Description of the figure from: citation for source figure was found in. |
The caption for a figure begins with a description of the figure, then the complete Works Cited list citation for the source the figure was found in. For example, if it was found on a website, cite the website. If it was in a magazine article, cite the magazine article.
Label your figures starting at 1.
Information about the figure (the caption) is placed directly below the image in your assignment.
If the image appears in your paper the full citation appears underneath the image (as shown below) and does not need to be included in the Works Cited List. If you are referring to an image but not including it in your paper you must provide an in-text citation and include an entry in the Works Cited List.
Example:
Fig. 1. Man exercising from: Green, Annie. "Yoga: Stretching Out." Sports Digest, 8 May 2006, p. 22.
Example:
Fig. 2. Annakiki skirt from: Cheung, Pauline. "Short Skirt S/S/ 15 China Womenswear Commercial Update." WGSN.
Fig. X. Description of the figure from: "City, Province." Map, Google Maps. Accessed Access Date.
Example:
Fig. 1. Map of Mount Carmel Campus, Quinnipiac University from: "Hamden, Connecticut." Map, Google Maps. Accessed 22 Aug. 2019.
Source: Citation for source table was found in.
Above the table, label it beginning at Table 1, and add a description of what information is contained in the table.
The caption for a table begins with the word Source, then the complete Works Cited list citation for the source the table was found in. For example, if it was found on a website, cite the website. If it was in a journal article, cite the journal article.
Information about the table (the caption) is placed directly below the table in your assignment.
If the table is not cited in the text of your assignment, you do not need to include it in the Works Cited list.
Example:
Table 1
Variables in determining victims and aggressors
Source: Mohr, Andrea. "Family Variables Associated With Peer Victimization." Swiss Journal of Psychology, vol. 65, no. 2, 2006, pp. 107-116. Psychology Collection, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185.65.2.107.
Librarians from the State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee ask, “How do you cite Google Images? Simple: You do not” (“MLA: Citing Images”).
“Google Images is a search for images. The search does not own images. Care must be taken to find the original owner of the image. In Google Images, there is a link to the right of the image that says "Visit Page." Sometimes this link goes to a page that does not identify origination, creator, name or owner of image. If there isn't enough information to cite an image, locate a more credible image” (“MLA: Citing Images”).
“More simply, trying to cite an image found on Google Images is the same as citing a website located using the Google search. Google finds items but does not own, have authority over, create itself or hold as a resource. It simply finds them unless the URL contains Google.com or is affiliated clearly with Google” (“MLA: Citing Images”).
“The best strategy is to find and use credible images with licenses that allow their use. Remember, though a site or license does not require attribution or citation, a Professor likely will” (“MLA: Citing Images”).