Regardless of whether your image is under copyright or not, it is ethical to provide basic information on your image. Copyrighted images will state who and what to acknowledge; non-copyright protected images still should give the artist, standard title (if one), and location:
Scientific styles and format for authors, editors and publishers:
Other commonly used styles:
For Works Cited page:
Creator's name (if known). Title/caption of image. Medium. Name of website providing the image. Publisher, date of content. Medium (Web). Date of access. <URL of web page>.
Example:
Dakota L. Common Snapping Turtles. Digital image. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia Foundation, 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/Common_Snapping_Turtle.jpg>.
When setting up a PowerPoint presentation in APA Style, think of each individual slide as a separate page in a paper. The last slide in your PowerPoint presentation should provide a reference list, just as you would cite your references in a paper.
Basic Format for an Electronic Image:
Author. (Year image was created). Title of work [Type of work], Retrieved from URL (address of website)
If you can only find the screen name of the author (e.g. photographer on Flickr), it's fine to use this as the author's name. If the name is written in lowercase, keep this style in your citation.
Format for Electronic Image with No Author:
Title of work [Type of work]. (Year image was created). Retrieved from URL (address of website)
"When using images in APA Style, the images should be formatted as figures (see sections 5.20 to 5.25 of the APA manual). Most images won't have legends, but they should all have captions.
Here are two examples of images with captions. One is for an image with a copyright; the other is for an image with a Creative Commons license:
Image with a Copyright | Image with a Creative Commons license |
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This information is taken from Concordia University. (n.d.). Library FAQs. Retrieved from http://libraryfaqs.cu-portland.edu/faq/103029