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History of Mathematics

Resources helpful to complete the final project for Math 030

Example of a MLA citation for a photography from a webpage:

 

Apache basketwork collection of Lt. L. P. Davidson, 11th Infantry. 1893. National Archives Catalog, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/530874. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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How to cite images from various sources

Chicago Style information

Chicago Manual of Style – 14.165, 8.193

Cite the image following the style for the source where the image was found, such as book, article, website, etc. You can use the citation for the book, article or website where the visual information is found and make the following changes. If there is a photographer or illustrator use his or her name in place of the author. If there is a caption, use the caption in place of the title of an article, or add the caption title in quotation marks with proper capitalization. Add a page number where the image is found. If a numbered figure is given, add it after the page number.

See specific examples below for images found in articles and on the web.

Image from an Article:

Bibliography:

Talbot, David. "Saving Holland." Technology Review 110, no. 4 (2007): 52, figure 3.

Vermeer, Dura. "High and Dry Concept." Technology Review110, no. 4 (2007): 56. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. “An Arrowhead, Made from a Copper Nugget, Found at a Melting Alaskan Glacier.” Miller-McCune 3, iss. 6 (2010): 23, figure 4.

Online Image:

If citing an image found using Google images, cite the original source – not Google.

Bibliography:

Estrin, James. “A Worshiper at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.” New York Times. November 27, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/nyregion/for-catholics-the-word-was-a-bit-different-amen.html?ref=us.&_r=0.

When citing a work of art cite the location of the piece and the owner or collection where it is housed along with the medium and size. See also Work of Art and Captions for Art below.

Image or Photograph from a Book:

Bibliography:

Gruen, Bob. “Madison Square Garden, July 1972.” In Life, by Keith Richards with James Fox, color plate 12. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.

DON"T FORGET TO INDENT THE SECOND AND ANY SUBSEQUENT LINE(S)!