Citing a digital image found through a search engine ...

1 Citing Images, Photographs, and Art work in MLA Citing a digital image found through a search engine (Google or Bing) digital image : A picture which can be viewed electronically by a computer. Structure: Last, First M. Title of Work. digital image . Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month Year Published. Web. Date of Access. image search : Do not cite the search engine where the image is found , but the website of the image the search engine pulls it from. Data Accessed: This is the day that you found the image . Example: Guggenheim Museum in Spain. digital image . HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks. Web. 22 July 2010. This is the website that is linked to the picture; link by clicking on the picture from Google Images (or Bing Images) and cite that website Citing a Work of Art found on the Web Work of Art: A painting, sculpture, Structure: Last, First M.

2 Title of Work. Date of Composition. Institution where art work is housed (if known), city where housed if not already named. Website or database Title. Web. Date of access. image search : Do not cite the search engine where the image /art work is found , but the website of the image /artwork the search engine indexes. Data Accessed: This is the day that you found the image . Example: Kneller, Sir Godfrey. Portrait of Isaac Newton. 1689. Unknown. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 15 Nov. 2014. This is the website that is linked to the picture; link by clicking on the picture from Google Images or (Bing Images) and cite that website Citing Photographs Photograph: An image produced by a camera Citing a photograph displayed in a museum or institution Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location.

3 Museum/collection: Where the photo is taken City: City where the photo is located Example: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938. Photograph. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Citing a photograph from a book Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Book Title. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Print Example: Bennett, Peter. Antique Shop, East Village. New York City: A Photogenic Portrait. Massachusetts: Twin Lights, 2004. 8. Print. Citing a photograph found on a website Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. *Note: When Citing sources reproduced online from their original versions, it is not necessary to include online information such as the website publisher or the date of electronic publication *Note: This is the day that you found the image .

4 Example: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City. MoMa. Web. 24 June 2010. Citing a photograph from a database Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Database Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. Collection/Museum and City: N/A Data Accessed: This is the day that you found the image . Example: Freed, Leonard. Holidaymaker Stuck in Traffic Jam. 1965. ARTstor. Web. 1 July 2010. Note: Often, the database will supply you with the citation; however, it is your job to check it for accuracy.