Cannot Cite Picture Such as Digital Image or Screenshot (Figure or Artwork?)
Citing an image differs from any similar existing type (Artwork) that ZoteroBib provides (tested using zbib.org 2019-07-08).
According to apaformat.org, use figure citation (rather long for an in-text citation but apparently proper):
Figure number. Description or title of image. From Title of Book (p. xxx), by Author, year, Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright [year] by the Name of Copyright Holder. Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.
Example: Figure 1. Depression. From Psychiatric Health (p. 2), by L. M. Anderson, 1992, New York, NY: Scott. Copyright [1992] by Jill Crowne. Reprinted with permission.
(with Figure number and Title of Book capitalized; show "Reprinted" or "Adapted" based on a dropdown box in the ZoteroBib ui)
- https://apaformat.org/apa-image-citation/
Therefore, you could implement two choices that use the same format: Picture and Figure, using the same fields, list entry notation, and (in-text) citation notation, unless you see issues (any differences).
* You may end up being more accurate than citationmachine.net which is often recommended by colleges and schools. I've seen it fall short before, but I'll show its way below just for reference.
citationmachine.net and other cites would have further information on MLA and Chicago formats regarding images, but the citationmachine's generator for images is not easily discovered (I had to use Google): https://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-image/manual
According to https://www.citationmachine.net, The APA way to cite a digital image would be something like:
Smith, J. (n.d.). GNOME Dash [Screenshot of the Dash screen of the GNOME Desktop running on Debian]. Retrieved July 8, 2019, from https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian
(with hanging indent as usual; nothing italicized)
and the in-text citation would be something like:
(Smith, "GNOME Dash", n.d., p. 1)
...but the "Name" field (GNOME Dash in this case) would only be present in either case if the image has an official name. I only included it in this case for demonstration purposes.
However, according to apaformat.org, the above (in-text) citation is incorrect, and figure citation should be used instead, which makes more sense
According to apaformat.org, use figure citation (rather long for an in-text citation but apparently proper):
Figure number. Description or title of image. From Title of Book (p. xxx), by Author, year, Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright [year] by the Name of Copyright Holder. Reprinted [or adapted] with permission.
Example: Figure 1. Depression. From Psychiatric Health (p. 2), by L. M. Anderson, 1992, New York, NY: Scott. Copyright [1992] by Jill Crowne. Reprinted with permission.
(with Figure number and Title of Book capitalized; show "Reprinted" or "Adapted" based on a dropdown box in the ZoteroBib ui)
- https://apaformat.org/apa-image-citation/
Therefore, you could implement two choices that use the same format: Picture and Figure, using the same fields, list entry notation, and (in-text) citation notation, unless you see issues (any differences).
* You may end up being more accurate than citationmachine.net which is often recommended by colleges and schools. I've seen it fall short before, but I'll show its way below just for reference.
citationmachine.net and other cites would have further information on MLA and Chicago formats regarding images, but the citationmachine's generator for images is not easily discovered (I had to use Google): https://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-image/manual
According to https://www.citationmachine.net, The APA way to cite a digital image would be something like:
Smith, J. (n.d.). GNOME Dash [Screenshot of the Dash screen of the GNOME Desktop running on Debian]. Retrieved July 8, 2019, from https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian
(with hanging indent as usual; nothing italicized)
and the in-text citation would be something like:
(Smith, "GNOME Dash", n.d., p. 1)
...but the "Name" field (GNOME Dash in this case) would only be present in either case if the image has an official name. I only included it in this case for demonstration purposes.
However, according to apaformat.org, the above (in-text) citation is incorrect, and figure citation should be used instead, which makes more sense
As for image references, Zotero handles these correctly.
(note that APAformat.org is neither accurate nor authoritative in any way)
Smith, J. (2019). The Dash screen of the GNOME Desktop running on Debian [Screenshot]. Retrieved from https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian
(title italicized, except part in brackets)
Which matches one of a few suggested artwork reference list notations on the APA official blog:
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/04/theres-an-art-to-it.html
The reason there are only suggested reference list notations is that it is a derived format as APA doesn't define the notation for artwork atomically.
I suppose this is resolved, though having a figure (in-text) citation feature (citing a figure from another work as I described earlier), which APA defines better would of course be great.