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Design: APA referencing

Guide to information resources for design.

Getting started

Anything you have read, and refer to in your writing must:

- be acknowledged in text
( in the text of your assignment/ essay )
 - and
included in your reference list
(the detailed list of information sources you refer to at the end of your work)

Learning Hub Resources

Here is a  selection of Academic Writing guides to assist you with Referencing

Referencing Help

For advice regarding referencing you can contact the   Library  for your campus

For advice with academic writing, please contact Learning Services for your campus. 

Other Resources

Clip art or stock image

Citations or copyright attribution are not required for clip art from programmes like Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.

Example:

(GDJ, 2010). 

GDJ. (2010). Neural network deep learning prismatic [Clip art]. Openclipart. 

                   https.//openclipart.org/detail/309343/neural-network-deep-learning-prismatic

(APA manual, 2020, p. 346).

Artwork in a museum or on a museum website

 

Use this format for all art works such as paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, drawings, installations.

Include a description of the medium or format in square brackets after the title.

Include the name of the gallery after the title information.

Example:

(Hodgkins, 1869-1947).

Hodgkins, F. (1869-1947). The farmer's daughter: Portrait of Annie Coggan [Oil on canvas laid on board]. Dunedin

               Public Art Gallery. http://collection.dunedin.art.museum/search.do? 

               view=label&keyword=Frances%20Hodgkins%20Portrait%20of%20Annie%20coggan&db=object

(APA manual, 2020, p. 346).

Photograph and artworks not connected to museums

In the caption include the details you consider to be relevant about the art work e.g. Artist, title, year created.

After the title information, give the name of the site or book from which the photograph was retrieved.

Example:

(Melford, 2019).

Melford, M. (2019). Night lights [Photograph]. National Geographic.

                       https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2019/11/alaska-northern-lights-night/

(APA manual, 2020, p. 346).

Infographics: graphs etc. showing large amounts of data or information

Include the name of the website after the title information.

Example:

(Rossman & Palmer, 2015).

Rossman, J., & Palmer, R. (2015). Sorting through our space junk [Infographic]. World Science Festival.

                  https://worldsciencefestival.com/2015/11/space-junk-infographic/

(APA manual, 2020, pp. 346-347).

Untitled photograph

Include a description in square brackets in place of the title.

Example:

(Goew, n.d.). 

Goew, T. (n.d.). [Girl watching behind boy holding smartphone]. Unsplash.

              https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2019/11/alaska-northern-lights-night/

(APA manual, 2020, p. 347)

Referencing photographs you have taken

If you are including in your assignment photographs that you have taken that have not been published or exhibited anywhere, there is no need to include either a citation or reference.

You can give the photograph a title if you wish.

(APA Manual, 2020, p. 230).