Let's practice citing images.
First of all, we have a new version of the MLA citation guidelines, ver. 8. With this new version, images and photos taken from books or the internet are not cited using the
Only use this template (Artwork, Image, Object, Artifact) to cite physical objects that you experienced firsthand. If you saw an image of the artwork, cite it using the template for the source that included the image: book; magazine, newspaper, or journal article; Web site.
So for our purposes, if we use an image from the internet, we will use the "Website article or blog" template.
Let's try our Leafy Dragon example again.
1. Google Leafy Sea Dragon and go back to the Aquarium of the Pacific website.
2. Cite the photo of the Leafy Sea Dragon.
3. Try another one. Google Leafy Sea Dragon and find this site:
Leafy Sea Dragon main page, Phycodurus eques - Divegallery
First of all, we have a new version of the MLA citation guidelines, ver. 8. With this new version, images and photos taken from books or the internet are not cited using the
- Artwork, Image, Object, Artifact
Only use this template (Artwork, Image, Object, Artifact) to cite physical objects that you experienced firsthand. If you saw an image of the artwork, cite it using the template for the source that included the image: book; magazine, newspaper, or journal article; Web site.
So for our purposes, if we use an image from the internet, we will use the "Website article or blog" template.
Let's try our Leafy Dragon example again.
1. Google Leafy Sea Dragon and go back to the Aquarium of the Pacific website.
2. Cite the photo of the Leafy Sea Dragon.
- Use the "Website article or blog" template
- Fill it in. The Author - list who is primarily responsible for creating the source. In this case the photographer's name is given, B. Gray
- To find more information, click on the photo. Looking at the web address, it has a name or title, Leafy3
- The website is the "Aquarium of the Pacific"
3. Try another one. Google Leafy Sea Dragon and find this site:
Leafy Sea Dragon main page, Phycodurus eques - Divegallery
- Cite the photo on the page.
- The Author - check out the photo, in very light print in the upper left corner is a name and date.
- Scroll to the bottom and see if you can find the photo. Leafy Sea Dragon #7 is the same photo. So now you have a title.
- The website can be found in the web address: http://www.divegallery.com/Leafy_Sea_Dragon.htm The name after the www. is usually the name of the website. OR you can scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "Home" button. This will take you to the home website.