Be aware of the copyright law

If you want to use a photo in a text that will be published in DiVA, you need to ask permission from the publisher to use the image in your text. Exceptions exist when it is stated that the image is free for use (Public Domain) or has a so-called Creative Commons license. In most cases, you need to specify the attribution.

Learn more about using images on the page Frequently asked questions about copyright for students.

In-text citation:

When you refer to the image in running text, treat the citation as normal and refer to it as it is arranged in the reference list:

• (Da Vinci, 1517)

Reference examples:

Artwork in a museum or on a museum website:

Da Vinci, L. (1517). Mona Lisa [Oil on poplar panel]. The Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Da Vinci, L. (1517). Mona Lisa [Oil on poplar panel]. The Louvre Museum, Paris, France. https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo

Photograph without copyright found online:

Radiating ripples [Photography]. (2006). Retrieved March 14, 2014, from http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/divers28/10.htm

Photograph without copyright and date found online:

[Photography of a giraffe, no title]. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2014, from http://www.birminghamzoo.com/animals/

Reproducing the image in your text:

If you would like to reproduce the image in your text, follow the instructions for Tables and figures.