Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: Reusing images, tables, figures etc. in your work

If you reproduce or reuse any table, diagram, chart, graph, map, picture, image, illustration, photograph, screenshot etc. from a printed, online or cinematic source you should provide, underneath, a figure or table number and a caption (brief description), along with an in-text citation acknowledging its source.

Example 1:

In-text citation

In Figure 1 below, you can see...(Boyd and Bee 2015, p.186).

Figure 1: Neo-Piagetian matrix task (Boyd and Bee 2015, p.186).

Reference List

Boyd, D. and Bee, H. (2015) Lifespan development. 7th ed. Boston: Pearson.

Example 2:

In-text citation

As indicated in Table 1 below...(Masser and Campbell 2020, p.128).

Table 1: Table showing GIS software adopted by British local authorities (Masser and Campbell 2020, p.128).

Reference List

Masser, I. and Campbell, H. (2020) The impact of GIS on local government in Great Britain. In: Masser, I. ed. Geographic information systems to spatial data infrastructure: a global perspective. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 121-142.

Example 3:

In-text citation:

If you reuse a table etc. but adapt it for your piece of work, you must state this.

As indicated in Table 2, Alper Records...(Masser and Campbell 2020, p.128).

Table 2: Table showing GIS software adopted by Shire and Scottish districts (amended from Masser and Campbell 2020, p.128).

Reference List

Masser, I. and Campbell, H. (2020) The impact of GIS on local government in Great Britain. In: Masser, I. ed. Geographic information systems to spatial data infrastructure: a global perspective. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 121-142.

Example 4:

In-text citation

Figure 2,below, shows cytomegalovirus...(Rowe 2016, p.106).

Figure 2: Fundus appearance of cytomegalovirus (Rowe 2016, p.106).

Reference List

Rowe, F. (2016) Visual fields via the visual pathway. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Example 5: Online Images

In-text citation:

The mobility aid shown in Figure 3 illustrates the...(Petersen 2012).

Figure 3: A walker cane hybrid mobility aid shown in four different configurations (Petersen 2012).

Reference List

Petersen, K.D. (2012) A walker cane hybrid mobility aid shown in four different configurations. [Photograph] (Wikimedia Commons) (CC-BY-SA-3.0). Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walker_Cane_Hybrid_in_4_Configurations.jpg [Accessed 6 June 2023].

• Copying for non-commercial private study and research is covered under an exception to copyright so any copies you make when preparing for course work is covered under this exception.
• If the copies are made purely for your assignments, there should be no need to seek permissions from the publisher.  If you plan to publish your work, you will need to seek permission.

• Images
• Tables
• Figures
• Photograph