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APA 7 Citation & Style

A resource guide to help you cite sources in APA 7.

APA Entry for an Image

Reference page entries for images will include:

  1. Author Last Name, First Initial or Organizational Author.
  2. (Date).
  3. Title or description [Type of Media]
  4. Source.
  5. URL.

Example image source (with elements color-coded):

Radiological Society of North America, Inc. (2025). Iodine contrast material has been injected into the shoulder joint - this is a shoulder arthrogram. [Radiograph]. Radiologyinfo.org. https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/gallery/image/632

Example image source (final, as it would appear on a Reference page):

1

References

Radiological Society of North America, Inc. (2025). Iodine contrast material has been injected into the shoulder joint - this is a shoulder arthrogram. [Radiograph]. Radiologyinfo.org. https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/gallery/image/632

 

You will also need to cite this in the body of your paper. In-text use of images should be formatted as follows:

Figure 1
Shoulder Arthrogram

shoulder radiograph

Note. From Iodine contrast material has been injected into the shoulder joint - this is a shoulder arthrogram. [Radiograph], by Radiological Society of North America, Inc.2025, Radiologyinfo.org. (https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/gallery/image/632)

Example image source as it would appear in your paper:

1

Figure 1
Shoulder Arthrogram

shoulder radiograph

Note. From Iodine contrast material has been injected into the shoulder joint - this is a shoulder arthrogram. [Radiograph], by Radiological Society of North America, Inc.2025, Radiologyinfo.org. (https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/gallery/image/632)

 


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