Citing Images in MLA 7

Digital image: A picture which can be viewed electronically by a computer.

Standard MLA Citation of an Image Requires:

1. Owner/Artist/Creator. 2. Title of work. (in Italics)3. Digital image. 4. Website Title. (in Italics)5. Website Publisher, 6. Date Month Year Published. 7. Web. 8. Date of Access.

Citation Structure:Last name, first name. Title of Work. Digital Image. Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month Year Published. Web. Date of Access.

Example:

Borden, E. Black Coffee in the Morning. Digital Image. Pexels.com. Pexels.com, 15 May 2015. Web. 3 March 2018.

Word 2016

Word 2016 uses MLA7. The fields do not match up exactly to make a proper citation. You will need to make the following adjustments to make a proper citation for an image.

1. Use Art for Source type 2. Institution field, type: Digital Image3. Publication Title field, type: Website title (in Italics)4. Publisher field, type: Website title5. Medium field, type: Web

Finding Photo Information for Citations

There are web sites that contain photographs that are free to use. Check out these sites and where you can find the appropriate information.

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1. Unsplash.com

Sample Citation:

Burden, A. Autumn Leaf in the Wind. Digital Image. Unsplash.com. Unsplash.com, 21 October 2015.

Web. 3 March 2018.

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Title and date

Creator

2. www.pexels.com

Sample Citation:

Close-up of Maple Leaves. Digital Image. Pexels.com. Pexels.com, 19 November 2014. Web. 3

March 2018.

3. Shutterstock

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Title

Date

Images can be downloaded by contacting Jill Karpick in the library.

Sample citation:

Vvoe. Branch with Yellow and Orange Autumn Maple Leaves Isolated on White Background. Digital

Image. Shutterstock. Shutterstock, n.d. Web. 3 March 2018.

4. Google Search

A. Do not cite the search engine where the image is found, but the website of the image the search engine indexes.

B. Determine copyright status – many photos on Google are NOT in the public domain. This image is not free to use.

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Creator

Title

Sample citation:

Besjunior. Spring Time Colorful Scene. Maple Tree Branch with Red Leaves. Digital Image. iStock.

iStock, 3 June 2016. Web. 3 March 2018.

C. Flickr

Not all images have a creative commons license. This one does not.

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Creator

Date

Title

Sample citation:

Taylor, T. Japanese Maple. Digital Image. Flickr. Flickr, 17 November 2016. Web. 3 March 2018 .

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Creator & Title

Date