Reference Machine: APA Online Image

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On this page: How to make a bibliographic reference for an online image.

Related pages: Referencing, Reference Machines for in-text citation, a book, an article in a journal, an edited book, a newspaper or magazine article or an Internet reference, or music.

Instructions: Read the following examples, then fill in the form below to make a reference using the APA style, used by the English Language Centre.

Example 1: With author (e.g. photographer, artist, designer)
Lee, S. Classroom learning in action [Photograph]. Retrieved from: http://elc.polyu.edu.hk

Example 2: No author information available:
Classroom learning in action [Photograph]. Retrieved from: http://elc.polyu.edu.hk

Example 3: No author, title or date available: (This is the minimum necessary information)
[Untitled photograph of a teacher and students]. Retrieved from: http://elc.polyu.edu.hk

Fill in as many boxes as possible, starting with number 1, and then press the 'Create Reference' button:

1.	Author's family name	->	e.g. Smith or Lee
2.	Author's initial(s)		e.g. J. or J.J.
3.	Year image was created		e.g.
4.	Title of work		e.g. Classroom learning in action
5.	Type of work		e.g. Photograph, Drawing, Painting, Digital art, Book cover, Artist's impression, Screen shot, Graph, Chart
6.	Month the image was retrieved		e.g.
7.	Date the image was retrieved		e.g.
8.	Year the image was retrieved		e.g.
9.	Address of website		e.g. http://elc.polyu.edu.hk
10.	Subject and type of work		e.g. Untitled photograph of a teacher and students
11.	License:	Collective commons licenses: Attribution (BY): Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in the manner specified by these. Share-alike (SA): Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the original work. Non-commercial (NC): Licensees may copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only for noncommercial purposes. No Derivative Works (ND): Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works based on it.

Click this button for your reference: or click this button to empty all the boxes and start again:

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