Figures and Tables
• All figures and tables referred to in the text or reproduced in an essay, assignment or presentation, must be cited in-text and included in your reference list.
• Use the term Figure for:
• Use the term Table for text and/or numbers arranged in columns and rows.
• If a figure or table that you are using has been previously published, you must acknowledge the original source. Include the acknowledgement of a source below each figure or table in the footnote (caption) section, then place a reference number in parentheses corresponding to your reference list entry. The reference list entry will contain the information for locating the original source of the table or figure.
• Please note the following copyright guidelines for reproducing figures or tables:
Students submitting assignments generally don't need to obtain permission to reproduce a figure or table in their work, as long as the original source is acknowledged and the work is not posted online or shared outside Murdoch University in any way.
• See the Citing Images and Tables page for guidance on placement and citing figures and tables in text.
• For Figures and Tables sourced online, unless they appear in a PDF version, there may be no page number. In these cases, instead of the page number, provide the extent of the figure or table as an approximate number of pages, screens or paragraphs.
Standard format for citation for Figure or Table from a print Book with author
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#. Author AA. Title of book: subtitle. Edition if not the first. Place of publication: Publisher; Year Month. Figure or Table number, Figure or Table caption; p. number/s. |
Standard format for citation for Figure or Table from an eBook with author
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#. Author AA. Title of book: subtitle [Internet]. Edition if not the first. Place of publication: Publisher; Year Month. Figure or Table number, Figure or Table caption; [cited YYYY Month DD]; p. number OR [Length/Extent of Figure or Table]. Available from: DOI or URL of Figure or Table |
Standard format for citation for Figure or Table from a print Journal article
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#. Author A, Author B. Title of article: subtitle. Abbreviated Title of Journal. Year Mon;vol(issue no):page range. Table or Figure number, Table or Figure caption; p. number. |
Standard format for citation for Figure or Table from an online Journal article
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#. Author AA. Title of article: subtitle. Abbreviated title of journal [Internet]. Date of publication YYYY Mon;volume number(issue number):page numbers. Table or Figure number, Table or Figure caption; [cited YYYY Mon DD]; p. number or [approx length]. Available from: URL or doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX of article |
Figure from Book with author
1. Hoppert M. Microscopic techniques in biotechnology. Weinheim (Germany): Wiley-VCH; 2003. Figure 1.4, Compartments in fungal and plant cells - cell walls, vacuole, mitochondria; p. 8-9.
Figure from eBook with editor
2. Luyten J, Knapp M. Economic evaluation of mental health promotion and mental illness prevention. In: Bahrer-Kohler S, Carod-Artal FJ, editors. Global mental health: prevention and promotion [Internet]. Springer Cham; 2018 May. Figure 18.1, Example of various cost curves; [cited 2025 Feb 12]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59123-0_18/figures/1
Table from eBook with author
3. Sommers-Flanagan J, Sommers-Flanagan R. Clinical interviewing [Internet]. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 2003. Table 3.1, Summary of nondirective listening responses and there usual effects; [cited 2015 Jun 30]; p. 70. Available from: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/murdoch.edu.au?url=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ebscohost.com%2flogin.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26AuthType%3dshib%26db%3dnlebk%26AN%3d75309%26site%3dehost-live%26ebv%3DEB%26ppid%3Dpp_70
Table from eBook with editor
4. Carod-Artal FJ. Social determinants of mental health. In: Bahrer-Kohler S, Carod-Artal FJ, editors. Global mental health: prevention and promotion [Internet]. Springer Cham; 2018 May. Table 4.2, Principles and actions to reduce global burden of mental disorders; [cited 2025 June 12]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59123-0_4/tables/2
Table from Journal article
5. Drummond PD. Triggers of motion sickness in migraine sufferers. Headache. 2005 Jun;45(6):653-6. Table 1, Motion sickness susceptibility to different forms of provocation in migraine sufferers and controls; p. 654.
Figure from eJournal article
6. Yu H, Dick AW, Szilagyi PG. Does public insurance provide better financial protection against rising health care costs for families of children with special health care needs? Medical Care [Internet]. 2008 Oct;46(10):1064-1070. Table 1, Adjusted odds ratio of insurance status as a predictor of financial burden for families of CSHCN; [cited 2025 Jun 19]; p. 1067. Available from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40221806