APA style guidelines for adding figures available on Douglas College Library Website, APA Guide
You can follow this general structure to create figure notes from your metadata:
Figure no. Title. Description. From Source. Rights.
Example
Figure 1. Coronation Ball 1993 [part 3]. A videorecording of the Coronation Ball held at the Commodore Ballroom on March 20th, 1993. From BC Gay and Lesbian Archives. Copyright owner unknown.
To add figure notes to your Omeka page
When adding an item to your content block on your page (under Exhibits>Pages, after clicking "Add Item"):
Enter your figure note in the text box "Provide a caption" - this text will display under your image on the public facing page:
The text inputted in the "Provide a caption" box will display on your public facing page:
Add a text content block at the end of your page for your bibliography.
Provide full citations for all of the archival artifacts on your page and any secondary sources or publication quoted.
General format for References (Textual, Still Object, Moving Image)
Creator, A.A. (Date). Title or description of the materials. Collection or series (Series number, box/file/item number, etc., if identifiable), Archive name, location. Accessed Month Day, Year, URL.
Example:
The Outreach Institute. (1979). Femme Fare: Daily Newsletter of Fantasia Fair Vol.3.No.7. Fantasia Fair: Newsletters (cr56n098w). Digital Transgender Archives, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Accessed February 26, 2025. https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/cr56n098w
Note: Try to provide as much detail as possible. If you cannot identify collection, series, box, file and item number, proceed with citation with that information omitted.
Unknown creator/author
Where there is no author/creator, provide the title followed by the date and source.
Title or description of the materials. (Date). Collection or series (Series number, box/file/item number, etc., if identifiable), Archive name, location. Accessed Month Day, Year, URL.
Example:
Steel Kiss : C.G. (ca. 1990s).B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives. (Series S4, Box 212-D-06, File F01, Item 2018-02.1947), City of Vancouver Archives, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Accessed February 26, 2025, https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/steel-kiss-c-g
Interview/Oral History
Interviewee A.A. (Year, month day). Interview by A.A. [Format]. Project title. Project Sponsor. Name of Repository, location. Accessed Month Day, Year, URL.
Example:
Slutzky, B. (2017, June 19). Interview by Tennenbaum, R. [Audio Recording]. NYC Trans Oral History Project. New York Public Library. Digital Transgender Archive, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Accessed February 26, 2025, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/9p290960f
General format for In-text Citations
Parenthetical citation
The author’s surname and publication date separated by a comma
(Author’s surname, Year)
Narrative citation
The author's name is part of the preceding setence, followed by the year in parentheses
Author’s name (Year)
Additional Sources