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General note

Reprinted figure

Note. From Title of Book or Report (p. xx), by A. A. Author, B. B. Author, and C. C. Author, Year, Publisher (DOI or URL). Copyright Statement.

Adapted figure

Note. Adapted from Title of Book or Report (p. xx), by A. A. Author, B. B. Author, and C. C. Author, Year, Publisher (DOI or URL). Copyright Statement.

Reference list

Format in APA style using the book or report reference list format.  

Example

Figure 1

Flowchart of Types of Data

Note. Add a general note first with any information needed to understand the figure. Place the copyright attribution after the note as follows. From Big Data for Epidemiology: Applied Data Analysis Using National Health Surveys (p. 4), by T. B. Kindratt, 2022, Pressbooks (https://uta.pressbooks.pub/bigdataforepidemiology/chapter/chapter4-basicdata/). CC BY 4.0.

Style notes

  • When the source is a book or report, italicise the Title and add the page number after it.
  • The copyright attribution is placed after the general note. Specific notes and probability notes follow the copyright attribution.
  • The note and figure title should be double-spaced (not shown here).
  • Reverse order the initials and surname for the note but not the reference list entry.