For more information on reference list format and style, see General Information - Basics of Referencing.
If you are including a table (e.g. a table with numerical/textual information) that you have produced yourself, you do not need to reference this work.
For referencing tables in your Reference List or Bibliography, reference according to where you sourced the information from, e.g. from a journal article, see the Journal article section, or from a book see the Book section.
Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and page number/s in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... education is a key factor (Wall 25).
Citation in prose: When you use the author’s name as part of a sentence (generally at the beginning of a sentence), include the page number in brackets at the end of the sentence, e.g. Thomas Jones discussed the appropriateness of using wet towelling ... (2).
When you are reproducing a whole work, you must acknowledge this.
You must also seek permission from the copyright owner if your writing will be made publicly available (e.g. a digital copy is uploaded to the University's research repository, ResearchSpace, or it is published in a journal). When permission is granted, add ‘Reprinted with permission’.
Note: Works in the public domain may be reproduced without permission. Works with a Creative Commons licence should be used according to the terms of its licence. In both of these cases, the creators of the work are still acknowledged, and the source is referenced. For more on the use of copyright materials, see About Copyright and Copyright for staff and students.
The University's copyright licence allows you to use images retrieved from a Library database, without seeking permission from the copyright holder, as long as your essay is not made publicly available. In this case, you may omit the information on the copyright holder and permission. However, you must still give credit to the creator of the work and reference your source.
Note: Works in the public domain may be reproduced without permission. Works with a Creative Commons licence should be used according to the terms of its licence. In both of these cases, the creators of the work are still acknowledged, and the source is referenced. For more on the use of copyright materials, see About Copyright and Copyright for staff and students.
Place the table near your in-text citation.
Table number: The table number (Arabic) appears above the table in bold font (e.g., Table 1). Number tables separately from figures in the order that they are mentioned in your text.
Table title/label: The table title/label appears (in Title Case) one double-spaced line below the table number.
Table caption: The caption below the table begins with the source information. If you created the table from data that was sourced elsewhere, use ‘Adapted from:’ in front of the source information.
Notes: Notes about the table are placed below the table caption with a designated lowercase letter (e.g. a. These ...) and the first line is indented.
Double space throughout.
Table no
Table Title
Table Data
Adapted from: Author. Title of Work, Publication date, table number, URL.
alphabetical letter. Description of the table contents that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone.
Table 3 presents data about the percentage of the population who are engaged in smoking over the past nine years.
Table 3
Proportion of the Population who are Current Smokers by Age Group and Sex from 2006-2014a
Table Data
Adapted from: Ministry of Social Development. The Social Report 2016 - Te Purongo Oranga Tangata, June 2016, table H7.1, socialreport.msd.govt.nz/index.html.
a. These figures include both male and female information from 15 years of age to 75+. The data has been adjusted to the WHO World Standard population for age.