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Vancouver Referencing Guide: Images & Figures

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Images & Figures

Audiovisual Media - Images & Figures

Images & Figures

This guidance is for citing and referencing images and figures that you are referring to in your work. If you wish to insert an image or figure into your work please see: Images section

 

Notes
  • In some cases you may need to use the screen name of the creator if their real name is not available, which may be the case with image sharing or social media websites.
  • If a person or corporation cannot be identified as the artist/creator, omit the artist/creator and start the reference with the title.
  • If a title cannot be identified, add a description with enough details to make a meaningful title and enclose in square brackets, e.g. [Organic solar cell].
  • Some online journal articles group multiple figures together as one downloadable image. If you are only referring to one of the figures within the image, make this clear by using the title of that particular figure in your citation/reference.
  • Include a description of the image/figure, e.g. [poster], [photograph], [print], [diagram], [table], etc.
  • If you are referencing an image or figure from a source other than those listed above, include the details of the source in the usual format for that item type after the details of the image.
  • You don't need to include a citation and reference for any images or figures that you have created yourself. Everything in your work is assumed to be your own work unless you state otherwise, i.e. by citing someone else's work

 

From a book/ebook

#   Artist/Author. Surname Initial/s. Title of book. Place. Publisher. Year. Page.       Description of Image. Title of Image. Available: URL 

Example

38  Hardy M and Bryman A.  Handbook of Data Analysis. in , London, UK: Sage, 2004,                             p.19.   [table]  Summary of the characteristics of the four types of variable.        .

 

From a journal

#  Author/Artist. Surname Initial/s. Title of the article. Journal Title. [Online]             Date. Volume: page (or article number). [description of image]. Title of Image.      Available: URL [if online] 

 

Example

37  Fargnoli V., Gragnano C.G., Boldini D., and Amorosi A. 3D numerical modelling of        soil-structure interaction during EPB tunnelling in Soil constitutive model                      parameters. 2015 Jan. vol. 65, no.1, p. 30. [table].  Geotechnique.  DOI:                       https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.14.P.091

 

From a Webpage

 

Example

# Author or Organisation. Title of webpage [Internet] Place Publisher Date            posted/updated [cite date] Description of Image. Title of Image. Available from    URL.

 

Full Reference for the Reference List

2. World Health Organization. WHO trains health workers in Ghana on air                    pollution and health [Internet]. Kusami: World Health Organization; 2022 Sep        14 [cited 2022 Dec 7]. Photograph, Interactive session in breakout                              groups. Available from:  https://www.who.int/news/item/14-09-2022-who-trains-health-workers-in-ghana-on-air-pollution-and-health 

 

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