Websites
- Crooks, Ross. (Unknown). 5 Tips to Find and Vet Great Sources for Infographics. https://www.columnfivemedia.com/5-tips-sourcing-infographicsThe quality of your infographics is always determined—in part—by the quality of the content you use to create them (aka sources). Using low-quality, biased, or excessive sources can weaken your infographics in many ways. They can feel fractured, forced, or fail to tell a coherent story. Worse, suspect sources (or a lack of citation) can affect your credibility, permanently damaging your relationship with your viewer. Thus, it’s crucial that you approach sourcing correctly.
- Dengo, Sophia. (2017). 10 Dos and Don'ts for Creating Infographics. https://govex.jhu.edu/wiki/10-dos-donts-creating-infographics/Look, it’s really simple: if you don’t cite your sources, you’re not making an infographic. You’re making a poster with some stuff on it that may or may not be true.
- InfoGraphic Design Team. (2013). Sources in Infographics. https://www.infographicdesignteam.com/blog/sources-in-infographics/An Infographic without properly mentioned sources is like a ship without a mast. Where do you get the data from? Are these stats and figures, your Infographic presents, authentic enough to be believed?
- Ramussen University. (2021). I need to create an infographic for my nursing course. Help! https://rasmussen.libanswers.com/faq/236624If you use outside sources of information in your infographic, be sure to cite them in APA style. APA does not provide guidelines for citing sources within infographics, so talk with your instructor about their preferences or expectations for citing sources. When in doubt, cite in-text, perhaps in smaller font, beside the information provided by the source.
Suggested Formatting
Currently there are no standard guidelines in APA 6th ed for citations and references when creating an infographic image. Here are some general recommendations:
- Create a section called 'References' or 'Sources' at the bottom of your infographic
- Use the current APA formatting in the Sources section
- Hyperlink to sources if possible
- Use a small, discreet font to avoid detracting from the main image
Examples: Good and Bad
This infographic has a URL to view their list of sources, however when you visit that website, a message appears saying 'Page Not Found'.
This example lists one source, 'The Pew Forum', but does not provide information about where on the Pew Forum the information came and who created it (such as an author, date or web address).
This example lists it's sources at the bottom, providing a URL for each. It would be even better if they were formatted according to APA so we could see the authors and date created.