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Citing sources according to APA guidelines

APA Style @ TiU

2.7 Reproducing a table from another source

Placement of tables

There are two options for the placement of tables in a paper. The first option is to place all tables on separate pages after the reference list (the order of pages that may be included after the reference list is: footnotes, tables, figures, appendices). The second option is to embed each table within the text. In student papers, tables are usually included in the text for readability reasons.

Embedding a table in the text

  1. Refer to (call out) every table by its number – do not use the phrase “the table below.” Each table needs to be numbered in the order in which it appears in the document, e.g., Table 1, Table 2. There should be one double-spaced blank line between the text and the table number.
    The results in Table 1 show good to excellent reliabilities for the sub-scales of the three measurements.
    There were 842 hits of the search terms among these journals (see Table 2).
  2. The table number (e.g., Table 1) appears above the figure in bold font. There should be one double-spaced blank line between the text and the table number.
  3. The table title appears below the table number in italics. There should be one double-spaced line between the table number and the table title. Capitalize the first word of the title, the first word of the subtitle (if any), and all major words. (Major words include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and all words of four letters or more.) Do not add a period after the title.
    Selected Functional and Other Testing Tools for Evaluating People With Post-COVID
  4. Place the table against the left margin line.
  5. Below the table, type “Note.” in italics. 
    Three types of notes (general, specific, and probability) appear below the table as needed to describe contents of the table that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone (e.g., definitions of abbreviations, explanations of asterisks used to indicate p values).
    • If there is a general note, reproduce it. Insert a space, then provide the source citation and a copyright statement or CC license (or any other open license). The format of the source citation depends on the type of work from which the figure is taken. Multiple examples are available on de next page.
    • After the source citation, reproduce any specific or probability notes;(in that order).
  6. Let the text continue. There should be one double-spaced line between the figure note and the text.
  7. Finally, in the reference list at the end of the text, include a reference to the work (a full description of the work) from which the figure originated. Note that this reference is formatted differently than the source citation in the figure note. Choose the correct format from section 4: Reference examples by source type.

Templates & Examples

Table note template

Noot. Explanation of the contents of the table as a whole. From [or: Adapted from] “Title of Article,” by First Initial. Second Initial. Author Surname, year, Journal Title, Volume(issue), p. xxx (DOI or URL). Copyright year by Name of Copyright Holder. [or: In the public domain. or: Creative Commons license abbreviation.]

• Table from a journal article with the authors as copyrightholders

Table 1

Number of Studies According to Psychological Outcomes and Stratified by Population Type

Note. From “The Prevalence of Psychological Consequences of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies,” 2022,  by T. Arora, I. Grey, L. Östlundh, K. Lam, O. M. Omar, & D. Arnone, Journal of Health Psychology, 27(4), p. 810 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320966639). Copyright 2022 by Arora, Grey, Östlundh, Lam, Omar, and Arnone.

Table note template

Note. Explanations to supplement or clarify information in the image. From [or: Adapted from] Book Title (p. xxx), by First Initial. Second Initial. Author Surname, year, Publisher (DOI or URL). Copyright year by Name of Copyright Holder. [or: In the public domain. or: Creative Commons license abbreviation.]

Table from a book with the publisher as copyrightholder

Table 2

Demografic Characteristics of Sample (N=100)

Note. From The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America (p. 246), by S. Damaske, 2021, Princeton University Press (https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691219318). Copyright 2021 by Princeton University Press.

Table note template

Note. Explanations to supplement or clarify information in the image. From [or: Adapted from] Title of Webpage, by First Initial. Second Initial. Author Surname [or: Group Author], year, Site Name [omit if same as Group Author] (URL). Copyright year by Name of Copyright Holder. [or: In the public domain. or: Creative Commons license abbreviation.]

• Table, adapted from a webpage in the public domain

Table 3

Selected Functional and Other Testing Tools for Evaluating People With Post-COVID Conditions

Note. In the fourth row under Tools, "6-minute walk" is replaced by "10-minute walk". Adapted from Assessment and Testing, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021 (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-care/post-covid-assessment-testing.html). In the public domain.