Images, Figures and Tables

Reproducing images for decoration

Using images for decoration

If you are using an image purely for decorative purposes in a presentation or poster (i.e. you are not referring to it in your text and you are only using it to make the poster or presentation look good), the La Trobe University Copyright Officer suggests using images from the following public domain image banks. It is important to check the licence details of each image. Although attribution is sometimes not required, it is recommended.

Reproducing figures or tables for evidence

When you are using a figure or table as evidence (to support your argument) in your assignment, you need to set it up according to the style manual you are using, i.e. Chicago. If you wish to copy and reuse a figure, table or data from another source to use as evidence in your assignment, you need to acknowledge the creator according to the style you are using, i.e. Chicago.

Further information can be found in chapter 3 of The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS):

Chapter 3: Illustrations and Tables

Figure set- up	Figure 1. The Italian, French and German augmented sixth chords in the key of C major. Reprinted from Moss et. al. (2019, fig. 4). CC BY 4.0.
In-text Citation	Figure 1 shows ... (not 'figure above' or 'figure below'). Figure can also be abbreviated to fig., e.g. The Italian, French... ( fig. 1)
Reference List	Reference the source the image / figure was reproduced from. For example, figure 1 was reproduced from a journal article. Moss, Fabian C., Markus Neuwirth, Danie Harasim, and Martin Rohrmeier. 2019. "Statistical Characteristics of Tonal Harmony: A Corpus Study of Beethoven’s String Quartets." PLoS ONE 14 (6): e0217242. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217242.
Notes	Figures should appear as soon as possible after the first reference to it in your text. Figures are numbered as they appear in-text, e.g. Figure 1. Figures are numbered in a separate sequence to any tables. If the figure you are reproducing has a figure number within a document, the figure number can be used instead of the page number. Use Adapted from when you are reproducing an image / figure or data from another source and you have changed it for your own purposes, e.g. put data into a graph or table of your own, joined two images together. Include any relevant information as required. For example, in the figure 1 CC BY 4.0 is included at the end of the caption as that is a requirement when using material with a Creative Commons licence. For more information, see CMOS Chapter 3: Illustrations and Tables.

Table set-up

Table 1. Persons aged 18-54 years - proportion of current daily smokers, 2017-18

Age group (years)	Males %	Females %
18-24	17.5	10.4
25-34	19.0	10.6
35-44	19.6	12.4
45-54	19.3	14.7

Source: Data from Australian Bureau of Statistics (2018). CC BY 4.0.

In-text Citation

Table 1 shows... (not table above or table below)

Reference List

Reference the source the data was reproduced from. For example, the data for table 1 was reproduced from a webpage.

Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2018. "Smoking." ABS. Released December 12, 2018. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/smoking/2017-18.

Notes

Tables should appear as soon as possible after the first reference to it in your text.
Tables are numbered as they appear in-text, e.g. Table 1.
Tables are numbered in a separate sequence to any figures.
If the table you are reproducing has a table number within a document, the table number can be used instead of the page number.
If there is no page number (or table number) omit that part of the in-text reference.
Include any relevant information as required. For example, in the table 1 CC BY 4.0 is included at the end of the caption as that is a requirement when using material with a Creative Commons licence.
For more information, see CMOS Chapter 3: Illustrations and Tables.