American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Citation Style

Most of the time, you will want to use your own data in tables and create your own images. However, sometimes you might want to use an image or table created by someone else. It is highly likely that this will require a credit line.

For figures, the credit line is at the end of the figure caption. For tables, it is an unmarked footnote at the end of the table.

An exact or adapted copy of a table or image might need language in a credit line due to copyright. Since you did not create it, you need to give the author credit to not plagiarize. This can be in the text or it can be in a credit line.

The document, Publishing in ASCE Journals discusses how to handle credit lines if you are publishing in their journals, conference proceedings, etc.

Copyright

For the purpose of publishing in an ASCE journal, refer to the manual. If your use of citation is for an assignment, refer to the fair use exemption. What is fair use?

Creative Commons Licensing

What is creative commons? An example to go in the credit line is:

The image by author is licensed under CC-BY 4.0

where image is the title of the image and author is the author of the image

Public Domain

The image or table isn't covered by copyright. The copyright could have expired or copyright could have been waived by the copyright holder. Regardless of why, it still needs cited if you didn't create it. ASCE gives the example of a public domain credit line as

Reprinted from US Army Corps of Engineers 2009.

Citation

Any image or table that was previously published requires an entry in the reference list; thereby, requiring an in-text citation in the credit line. Examples of credit lines from ASCE are

• Reprinted from Casey 2016.
• Reprinted with permission from Casey 2016.
• Adapted from Jones 2008.
• Data from Jones 2008.

If the image or table was not previously published, there will not be an entry in the reference list. Refer to unpublished material in the manual.