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How do I incorporate tables and figures into my assignment?

• Copy the table or figure exactly as found in the original source, unless you need to adapt it.  
• Number tables/figures consecutively in Arabic numerals (Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2 etc) as they appear in your assignment/dissertation - do not use the table/figure numbers given in the original work(s).  
• Table and figure titles can be located either above or below the table or figure, but keep it consistent in your work.  
• Acknowledge the original source in the caption or notes directly underneath the table/figure.  
• Captions should be capitalised in sentence style.  
• Add credit lines as required by the copyright holder. Copyright holder may be the publisher, author/s or artists.

 

Refer to the figure or table by the figure or table number and tell your reader what to look out for, e.g. “The image in Figure 2 shows the structure of the gastrointestinal membrane in relation to extracellular fluid” or “Table 1 illustrates that 86% of radiology students believe that radiology has an important role in diagnosing COVID-19”.  

 

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The following shows an example for a table taken from an online journal article. 

Note the ^{superscript 1} in the above example is your in-text citation number, and signposts the reader to item number 1 on your Reference list (see the end of this guide for the full reference list). 

 

The following shows an example for a figure taken from an online journal article. 

The following shows an example for a figure taken from an electronic book. 

Note the ^{superscript 2} and ^{superscript 3} in the figure examples given above are your in-text citation numbers, and signpost the reader to item numbers 2 and 3 on your reference list (see the end of this guide for the full reference list).