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Academic Integrity - Referencing, Citation & Avoiding Plagiarism: Images

This guide explains what referencing and citation is and how to use APA and MLA. It includes a short interactive tutorial on each style.

Image, online only (Painting, Sculpture or Photograph etc.)

Reference:

Creator Last name, First name. "Title of image/work." Title of webpage/website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher if different from website name), date of website/page creation (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access.

Example:

Luke, Eric. "Hurricane Ophelia may hit Ireland on Monday." The Irish Times, 2017, https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hurricane-ophelia-may-hit-ireland-with-storm-force-winds-1.3254295. February 27 2018.

In-Text-Citation:

  • (Author Last name)

Example:

Ophelia hit Ireland in October 2017, pounding the coast with terrific force (Luke)

In his photograph, Luke captures the force of the waves pounding the Irish coast during storm Ophelia.....

Image (Painting, Sculpture or Photograph etc.)

Reference:

Creator last name, First name. Title. Date of composition, medium, Name of holding institution, location of that institution.

Example:

Yeats, Jack B. The Liffey Swim. 1923, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.

In-Text-Citation:

  • (Author Last name)

Example:

  • This painting marks the artist's interest in expressionism (Yeats)….
  • Yeats shows his interest in expressionism….

Image (Painting, Sculpture or Photograph etc.)

Reference:

Creator last name, First name. Title. Date of composition, medium, Name of holding institution, location of that institution. Name of website, URL/DOI of website. Date Accessed Day Month Year.

Example:

Yeats, Jack B. The Liffey Swim. 1923, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. National Gallery of Ireland, https://www.nationalgallery.ie/liffey-swim-jack-b-yeats. Accessed 27 February 2018

In-Text-Citation:

  • (Author Last name)

Example:

  • This painting marks the artist's interest in expressionism (Yeats)….
  • Yeats shows his interest in expressionism….

Note: If you wanted to provide more information for your reader you could refer to the website in your text, for example "on the nationalgallery.ie site..."

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