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HOW TO REFERENCE VISUAL SOURCES: GENERAL GUIDELINES

 

WARNING!

 

There is usually a copyright issue when you wish to reproduce a work of art from either a printed or an internet source. This will be stated on the image itself or in the introductory material. Follow the guidelines given in your source. Often reproduction for use in academic assignments which are not formally published is acceptable. If in doubt, ask your module tutor.

 

Be prepared to use your own judgment when referencing unusual visual sources.Make sure you also give the art or exhibit type in square brackets where applicable, and if appropriate the place of publication of the book, magazine or catalogue and the publisher or else the exhibition. Be consistent throughout your paper.

 

EXAMPLE: HOW TO REFERENCE AN IMAGE FROM A BOOK

 

 In-text citation

 

Every time you borrow a picture, painting, photograph, diagram, or other image from a source, give an in- text citation. Label it as a figure and include a List of Figures in your Contents Page. If the figure is from a printed source, you must give the page number in your in-text citation. In your own writing, explain who the artist is, because the in-text citation only tells readers your source. Give the figure a title and an in-text citation with the author or corporate author and date of the source in brackets. Discuss the significance of the figure in full.

 

Example

 

Fig. 1 In-text citation of a printed image (Deane 2006)

Reference

 

Every time you borrow a picture, painting, photograph, diagram, or other image from a source, give a List of References entry which links with your in-text citation. Reference the source according to its type.

 

Example of a reference for the source in Fig.1 above (a book):

 

Smith, B. (2001) Artists of the Twentieth Century. London: Macmillan

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© 2016 by Centre for Academic Writing and Coventry University

Based on Deane, M. (2006) Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Guide. Unpublished booklet. Coventry: Coventry University. Version 3.0.4. September 2016. Produced in collaboration with Ray Summers (Illustrations), edited by Catalina Neculai with the assistance of Lisa Ganobcsik- Williams and Erik Borg, and with input from the Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Working Party.

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