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MLA Citation Style 9th Edition: Images, Infographics, Maps, Charts, & Tables

Inserting an Image Reproduced from a Library Database

If you are recreating visual material from a library database:

  • Under the image, add a figure number (e.g., Fig. 1.) and short description. 
  • Add the full citation after the description. Follow the citation template for your source. For example, if you're citing an infographic from a website, use the template for citing infographics posted on a website. For sources with individual authors, do not invert the first and last names at the beginning of the citation.
  • If the image is not cited in the text of your assignment, you do not need to include it in your Works Cited list.

 

Example

Yellow printed skirt by designer Annakiki. Faces on skirt.

Fig. 2. Pauline Cheung. "Short Skirt S/S/ 15 China Womenswear Commercial Update." WGSN, 4 June 2016, p. 2. 

Inserting an Image Reproduced from a Digital Archive

If you are recreating visual material from a digital archive or collection:

  • Under the image, add a figure number (e.g., Fig. 1.) and short description. 
  • Add the full citation after the description. Follow the citation template for your source. For example, if you're citing an infographic from a website, use the template for citing infographics posted on a website. For sources with individual authors, do not invert the first and last names at the beginning of the citation.
  • Follow the citation, if applicable, with any Creative Commons (e.g., CC BY) or copyright notes (e.g., reproduced with permission from author).
  • If the image is not cited in the text of your assignment, you do not need to include it in your Works Cited list.  

 

Example

Sod Turning at Finch Campus Site and Construction Progress Sign

Fig. 3. Department of Media Production. "Sod Turning at Finch Campus Site and Construction Progress Sign." Images from the Archives: Celebrating 50 Years of Seneca, Seneca Polytechnic, 4 June 1968, digitalrepository.senecapolytechnic.ca/s/imagesfromthearchives/item/18806. Copyright 2016, Seneca Polytechnic.

Inserting an Image Reproduced from a Book

If you are recreating visual material from a book:

  • Under the image, add a figure number (e.g., Fig. 1.) and short description. 
  • Add the full citation after the description. Follow the citation template for your source. For example, if you're citing an infographic from a website, use the template for citing infographics posted on a website. For sources with individual authors, do not invert the first and last names at the beginning of the citation.
  • If the image is not cited in the text of your assignment, you do not need to include it in your Works Cited list.  

 

Example

Black and white male figure exercising

Fig. 1. Annie Green. "Yoga: Stretching Out." Sports Digest, 8 May 2006, p. 22. 

Inserting Stock Photos and Images from Websites

If you are including stock photos (e.g., from Flickr, Pixabay, Unsplash) or images from websites:

  • Under the image, add a figure number (e.g., Fig. 1.) and short description. 
  • Add the full citation after the description. Follow the citation template for a website. For sources with individual authors, do not invert the first and last names at the beginning of the citation.
  • Follow the citation, if applicable, with any Creative Commons (e.g., CC BY) or copyright notes (e.g., reproduced with permission from author).
  • If the image is not cited in the text of your assignment, you do not need to include it in your Works Cited list.  
Note: It's important to be aware of copyright when using images from a website. Even if you include a citation, certain images still require the permission of the author before you can copy and include it in your work. Always check the terms of use of the image/website to ensure that you can include the image in your work and/or if you need to first get the copyright holder's permission. For sources of free images you can use in your coursework, please see the Sandbox Finding Free Images, Audio, and Video guide.  

 

Example

Toronto: Union Station

Fig. 3. City of Toronto. "Toronto: Union Station."  Flickr, 1 June 2010, flic.kr/p/fZDBFK. CC-BY.

Inserting a Table You Reproduced

If you copy or recreate a table that you found in your source:

  • Start by adding a label for your table (e.g., Table 1, bolded and aligned to the left) followed by a description of what information is contained in the table. 
  • Below the table, add the word Adapted from: followed by the full citation for the source where you found the information. For example, if you found the information on a website, use the Works Cited list citation format for citing a website. For sources with individual authors, do not invert the first and last names at the beginning of the citation.
  • If the table is not cited in the text of your assignment, you do not need to include it in your Works Cited list.  

 

Example

Table 1

Variables in determining victims and aggressors

Variables  Non-aggressive victims Aggressive victims Non-victimized aggressors
Mother’s affection t = -2.69 
(df = 80, p = .01)		 t = -2.16
(df = 33, p = .04)		 t = -1.94
(df = 71, p = .06)
Father’s affection t = -.97
(df = 73, p = .34)		 t = -1.58
(df = 31, p = .13)		 t = -3.16
(df = 69, p = .00)
Family conflict t = 2.03
(df = 73, p = .05)		 t = 2.12
(df = 31, p = .04)		 t = 3.38
(df = 67, p = .00)
Family violence t = 2.52
(df = 81, p = .01)		 t = 2.97
(df = 33, p = .01)		 t = 2.10
(df = 72, p = .04)

Adapted from: Andrea Mohr. "Family Variables Associated With Peer Victimization." Swiss Journal of Psychology, vol. 65, no. 2, 2006, pp. 111. Gale Psychology Collection, https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185.65.2.107. PDF download.