This document provides guidelines for citing figures from different sources in APA style. There are three general formats: 1) For a figure from a book, include the book title, page number, author, publisher and year. 2) For a figure from a journal article, include the article title, journal title, volume, issue, page number and year. 3) For a figure from a website, include the website title, author if available, retrieval date and URL. Examples are given to illustrate each format.

1. Information Literacy Skills Development
Figure Attribution in APA Writing Style
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General Format Example
General Format 1 (Figure from a Book):
Caption under Figure
Figure X. Descriptive phrase that serves as title
and description. Reprinted [or adapted] from
Book Title (page number), by Author First Initial.
Second Initial. Surname,
Year, Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright
[Year] by the Name of Copyright Holder.
Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.
Example 1 (Figure from a Book):
Caption under Figure
Figure 2. Sample model comparison table. From
Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (p. 146), by American
Psychological Association, 2010, Washington, DC: APA.
General Format 2 (Figure from a Journal Article
Database):
Caption under Figure
Figure X. Descriptive phrase that serves as title
and description. Reprinted [or adapted] from
“Title of Article,” by Author First Initial. Second
Initial. Surname, Year, Journal Title,
Volume(issue), page number. Copyright [Year]
by the Name of Copyright Holder. Reprinted [or
adapted] with permission.
Example 2 (Figure from a Journal Article Database)
Caption under Figure
Figure 1. Effect of prolonged arsenite exposure on GSIS
in INS-1(832/13) cells from Low-level arsenic impairs
glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta
cells: involvement of cellular adaptive response to
oxidative stress, Environmental Health Perspectives,
Jun2010, 118:6, 866.
General Format 3 (Figure from a Website):
Caption under Figure
Figure X. Descriptive phrase that serves as title
and description. Reprinted [or adapted] from
Title of Website, by Author First Initial. Second
Initial. Surname, Year, Retrieved from URL.
Copyright [year] by the Name of Copyright
Holder. Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.
Example 3 (Figure from a Website):
Caption under Figure
Figure 1. Untitled photograph of a baby. Retrieved April
12, 2006,from
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jdtr/struc/chimp3.htm