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Citations in your writing: Some RULES
- You must refer to images, figures or tables that you include in your work
- You have to source the image in the same way you source information
- You will include in-text citations for the images when you reference them in your writing
- Your images will be fully cited in your works cited list or you can create a separate image list (if you cite MANY images, this may be more organized)
Citing Tables/Graphs
- Label with number, title the graph or table, then in-text citation Example: Graph 1: title, (in-text citation).
- Full citation is also included in the works cited list
Citing Student Created Tables/Graphs
- Assign the table a number, then include the title of table Example: Table 2: Title (in-text citation).
- If student created, say this and include the sources (Student created. Adapted from: in-text, in-text).
- The full citations for all sources are included in the works cited list
- Refer to the table/graph in your writing using the number (Table 2)
Citing Images
- In-text citation is listed below the image. Example: Image 1: title (in-text)
- Full citation is also included in works cited list
- You can reference the image within your writing using the number (Image 1)
Citing Images in Slides
- Label the image with a number (Image 1)
- In-text citation is below the image
- Full citation is included on a Works Cited List or Image List
- Works cited list is in alphabetical order, Image List is in order of appearance (Image 1, Image 2...)
