Cite an image from a slide presentation on the Web the same way you would cite an image on a Web page. Indicate the slide and its number, either in the optional-element slot at the end of the entry or in a parenthetical citation . . .
In published works, credits–that is, permission to reprint image . . .
. . . works-cited list. If you cite only a few sources, provide full publication information for each source in endnotes or, if the appendix is composed exclusively of image . . .
Illustrative visual material other than a table—for example, a photograph, map, drawing, graph, or chart—should be labeled Figure (usually abbreviated Fig.), assigned an arabic numeral, and given a caption: Fig. 1. Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, Wichita Art Museum. The label and caption ordinarily appear directly below an illustration and have the same one-inch margins as the text of the paper. Visit our Formatting a Research Paper page to learn more about including tables, figures, and musical illustrations in papers. You can also read our post on punctuating captions.
No. If you cite an image from a database, your works-cited-list entry should only provide the information you are given . . .
The in-text citation for any work should key to a works-cited-list entry. For examples, see our post on citing an image reproduced in a book.   . . .
. . . see the MLA Handbook 50–53 for more). There is no date after the title of the container (MOMA) because the date the image was posted is not given on the site . . .
. . . em>23 Feb. 2017- 14 May 2017, Frick Collection, New York. For more on citing exhibitions, see our previous post. Also see our posts on citing museum image . . .
. . . the example below: “How Do I Cite a Map?” The MLA Style Center, Modern Language Association of America, 6 Apr. 2018, style.mla.org/citing-image . . .
Cite a photograph found on a Web site the same way you would cite any work of art found online. See our post on citing image . . .
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