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APA 7th Referencing

American Psychological Association, 7th edition

Graphs (figures) format

Graph/Figure from a website 

 

Format Example

Figure #

Figure title

[Graph/figure goes above the caption]

 

Note. From/Adapted from Author (Year). 

Figure 1

Favourite beverages of residents of Unicorn County

example pie chart of beverage preferences

Note. From Library of Factual Statistics (2018). 

 

In-text citation

Format Example

Refer to figures according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.)

As shown in Figure 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of source. Publisher (if different from author). https://xxxxx

Library of Factual Statistics. (2018). Cultural data on Unicorn County. https://statistics.factual.au

More examples of website references.

Graph/Figure from a database

 

Format Example

Figure #

Figure title

[Graph/figure goes above the note]

 

Note. From/Adapted from Author (Year). 

Figure 1

Correlation between clothing sales and weather temperature in Unicorn County Plaza

example of a line graph


Note. From Stockton (2018).

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to figures according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.) As shown in Figure 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title. Database Name

Stockton, J. (2018). Retail therapy in Unicorn County Plaza. Database Commons

Graph/Figure from a book

 

Format Example

Figure #

Figure title

[Graph/figure goes above the caption]

 

Note. From/Adapted from Author (Year, p. xx).

Figure 1

Smoking habits of students at Pineapple High School

example pie chart

Note. From Brady & Holden (2017, p. 38). 

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to figures according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.) As shown in Figure 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book (ed.). Publisher.

Brady, L. E., & Holden, J. K. (2017). Student habits: A comprehensive study (2nd ed.). School Life Publications.

Graph/Figure from an electronic journal

 

Format Example

Figure #

Figure title

[Graph/figure goes above the caption]

 

Note. From/Adapted from Author (Year, p.xx).

Figure 1

Number of Visitors to Unicorn Park, Unicorn County 2015-2018

example of a bar graph

Note. From Henderson, Lincoln, & Adamson (2019, p. 691).

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to figures according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.) As shown in Figure 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Volume(Issue), Page-Page. https://doi.org/xx.xxxx

Lincoln, P., & Adamson, W. K. (2019). The rise of parklands: Estimating the impact of parks on local tourism. Local Tourists Journal, 54(5), 687-705. https://doi.org/00-00/000000

More example of ejournal references.

Referencing your own graphs/figures

 

Format Example

Figure #

Figure title (Author, Year)

 

[Graph/figure goes below the heading]

Figure 1

Number of people who took part in the magic penguin dance in 2018 (Bookman, 2019)

example bar graph

 

In-text citation

Format Example

Refer to figures according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.)

As shown in Figure 1 ...

 

Reference

If the table is unpublished, you do not need to include a reference (see: personal communications tab).