SOC 1030: Environment & Society

In ASA (American Sociological Association) style, citing an image requires specific details about the image, such as the creator, date of creation, title, format, and where you accessed it from (if applicable). Here's the general format for citing an image:  If the information is not easily available, include as much as you can, especially where someone else can find it.

Image from an online source with a creator listed:

Creator, First M. Date created. "Title of Image." From Site Title. Retrieved Date (URL). 

Morgan, Pam. February 14, 2008. "O'Hare." From Flickr. Retrieved September 6, 2024 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pjmorgan/2277375150/in/photostream/)

Image from an online source with no creator listed:

"Title of Image." Date created. From Site Title. Retrieved date (URL). 

"Vienna, Austria Unknown Artist." 22 March 2015. From Reddit. Retrieved 17 October 2018 (https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetArtPorn/duplicates/2zvt2d/vienna_austria_unknown_artist_found_exploring/)

Do you need to format a citation for your bibliography and can't find your style guide?

Check out the Purdue OWL website for some online examples of properly formatted citations for a variety of citation styles.

Many databases and other resources now have tools that will create the citation for you.  If you choose to use these tools, make sure you double check against the appropriate style/citation manual.  Sometimes, these tools will have little mistakes, which are easy to fix, but you need to know the mistake exists in the first place.

Check out the Purdue OWL website for some online examples of properly formatted citations for a variety of citation styles.