Citing Digital Images, Chicago Style

Example:

Schoof, Renee, photographer.  “Chinese Food.”  Photograph.  Asssociated Press, January 6, 1998.  From AP Images.  DOI: 98010601700 (accessed February 1, 2008).

Structure:

1.  Photographer’s last name, first name, middle initial (if given).  Include the role after the name, i.e. photographer.
2.  “Photo Title”
3.  Format, i.e. photograph
4.  Publisher, i.e. Associated Press (from the credit or source field)
5.  Copyright date (if not date use “n.d.”
6.  Source or database name, i.e. AP Images
7.  DOI – Digital Object Identifier (or URL if from a web page)
8.  Accessed date

Adapted from Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., sections 17.270, 8.206.

Deborah Carter Peoples
Science Librarian
Ohio Wesleyan University Libraries and Information Services
February 1, 2008