APA Style (6th ed.)

Tables usually show numerical values or text and are almost always characterized by a row-column structure. Any type of illustration other than a table is referred to as a figure.

Tables must be identified with the word "Table" and include a title and source.  As with figures, there are 3 elements to include:

1. Caption
2. In-text sentence referring to the table by number
3. Reference in the Reference List

If you are writing a thesis with a lot of tables, they should be referenced in a List of Tables.  In a shorter assignment, where you might have included only one or two tables, you can reference them in your bibliography or reference list.

Captions:

Above the table:

• The word Table 
• A number (from 1, in numerical order)
• Title or brief description of the table

Below the table:

• The word From
• Author, date, title, page number of the source (if taken from another source)
• Copyright license

Table 1

From Car insurance quotations, by H. Smith, 2022 (http://www.quotes.ie). Copyright 2022 by ABC Ireland.

In-Text Citations

Number all the tables that are part of the main text. In the text of your assignment, refer to them by their number. Do not write "the table above or below" or the "the table on page 18".

Reference List