Tables, figures, photos and maps can all be an important addition to a paper, rapport or thesis. When you use any of these form of data presentation , you should take the follow things into consideration:

• Don’t use figures or tables that you have not made yourself. So do not copy/past without editing the lay-out etc.
• Translate the source you use to the language you are writing in, if necessary.
• All tables, figures, photos and maps must also be readable when printed in black and white.
• Tables, figures, photos and maps need a separate table of content in a thesis or longer paper. When writing a short paper, which does not have a table of content anyway, this is not necessary.
• Any form of data presentation needs a clear numbering and caption where you reference the source. The source must also be in the bibliography.
• When you edit a table, figure, photo or map, your caption must say “edited from…”
• You can refer to a table, figure, photo or map in text, which is most commonly done with:
  • …as Figure 1 shows…
  • …(Figure 1)