MSK Library Guides: Images: Attributing & Citing Images

Citation Guides

For citation guidelines not listed in this section, please contact us for assistance, 212.639.7439 or AskLibrarian@mskcc.org. Each publication has its own stipulations for citing and using images and other sources. Consult with a Research Informationist to ensure you are using the proper style and format.

Citing Medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers
Karen Patrias - Daniel L.Wendling - National Library of Medicine - 2007
Free Style Guide e-Book by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Purdue Online Writing Lab - Citing Images
Help from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue.
Purdue Online Writing Lab - Tables, Figures, Captions
Help from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue.
Creative Commons Best practices for attribution
You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. Here are some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.

Tools

Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC)
The Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC) assists the user in determining the intellectual property rights of an image.
TinEye
A reverse image search engine. Helps in locating the creator or publisher when this information about an image is unknown.