Generally I use a smaller font at the bottom of the slide to source my PowerPoint images using "Photo, ". There are millions of images freely usable on the web with a simple attribution. If it is a image from a website, think about searching on WikiMedia Commons opens new window and follow the attribution rules. If you were to publish your PowerPoint broadly, you would need copyright clearance but this is not relevant for a student presentation. If you are using a figure from a piece of scholarly literature that is in your reference list, cite as normal. 'This product has two notable advantages - it doesn't cause cancer and does not explode (Bigshot, 2009).' Images 'The market for this product was $31 million in 2011 (Bigshot, 2009)' Example – (Bigshot, 2009).Ĭite using common sense (Chapter 14, p. Author parenthetical is probably the easiest and least intrusive citation method. Written - After you use something taken from a source, cite it.
Bigshot said in her 2009 Science paper." Works you verbally cite still need to appear in the reference list. Verbal citation - you can mention the work and author before discussing their contribution, example "As Dr.In a presentation, you can cite your sources two main ways. If you are directly quoting, a page number or page range should be included. If your sources do not all comfortably fit on one slide, put up the most important ones on the slide and "complete references available upon request" or something similar towards the bottom of the slide. Use the ACS Style Guide for formatting guidelines and create a slide at the end with your references. A properly sourced PowerPoint (or other slide software) presentation has two features - a list of references at the end and specific citations as needed.