Cite Visual Images Published on the Web
Pearl K. Wise Library @ CRLS
http://www.cpsd.us/crls/library
Collect information for citing visual images published on the Web
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Creator’s or artist’s name.
Title of work italicized. (Use quotation marks with cartoons & comic strips)
Date of work. Write N.d. if date is unknown.
Name the place that houses the work (optional )
City that houses the work. (optional)
Title of database or Web site italicized.
Medium of publication consulted (Web)
Date of access. Day month year. Abbreviate to 3 letters the names of the months except May, June, July.
URL is optional.
Example: Cartoon or comic strip found online
Citation
Schulz, Charles. “Here’s The World-Famous Astronaut
Approaching The Moon.” Cartoon. 13 Mar.1969.
Charles M. Schulz Museum. Web. 8 Jan. 2010.
Example: Sculpture found online
Citation
Degas, Edgar. The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. 1922.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Heilbrunn Timeline
of Art History. Web. 7 July 2009.
Fig. 1 The Little fourteen Year Old Dancer by E. Degas
Example: photograph found online
Citation
Lange, Dorothea. The Migrant Mother. 1936. Prints and
Photographs Div., Lib. of Cong., Washington, DC.
Dorothea Lange: Photographer of the People. Web. 7
July 2009.
Fig. 2 The Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
MLA 7th edition
AC 1/2010
Cite Visual Images Published on the Web
Pearl K. Wise Library @ CRLS
http://www.cpsd.us/crls/library
Example: Online graph from U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Citation for a Government Publication
United States. Dept. of Transportation. Natl. Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. Youth Traffic Safety Statistics:
Passenger Vehicle Occupants Killed in Motor Vehicle
Traffic Crashes By Year and Age. 2006. Natl. Highway
Fig. 3. Passenger Vehicle Occupants Killed in Motor
Vehicle Traffic Crashes By Year and Age
Traffic Safety Administration. Web. 14 Sep.2009.
Example: Map found online
Citation
“Map of Boston and Environs, Circa 1800.” United States
Historical Maps.18 Sep. 1806. Life of Washington. By
Marshall. UTexas Libraries. Perry-Castañeda Library
Fig. 4. Map of Boston and Environs, Circa 1800,
published by P. Phillips, Bridge Street, Black Friars,
London, on Sept. 18, 1806
Map Collection. Web. 14 Sep. 2009.
Example: Advertisement
Citation
Gibson, Charles Dana. “Gibson Girl.” American History. ABCCLIO. 2009. Web. 14 Sep. 2009.
Fig. 5. “Gibson Girl”, the idealized American woman
found in advertisements, late 19th and early 20th
centuries
MLA Style recommends that in using visual images,
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Place visual materials as close as possible to the text that they relate to.
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For photograph, map, line drawing, graph or chart, label beneath the image the word ‘Figure’,
abbreviated to ‘Fig’, accompanied by a number. Example: Fig. 9.
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Write a caption, a brief description, about the image after the label of Fig. 9.
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If the caption provides complete information about the source, it is not necessary to include it again in
the works cited page.
MLA 7th edition
AC 1/2010