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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}


\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{1.png}
\caption{Motion of Body \textit{H}}
\label{fig:two}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

How do I cite reference of a book for the above figure?

Bruce
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    Do you want to add a citation to a book in the figure caption? If so, use \caption{text \cite{} text}. – James Jun 22 '15 at 14:57
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    @James -- since \caption is a "movable" element (saved for use in list of figures, etc.), \cite should be "protected": \protect\cite{...} – barbara beeton Jun 22 '15 at 15:02
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    @barbarabeeton With the new kernel (2015), there's no need to protect \cite since it was defined using \DeclareRobustCommand. – Gonzalo Medina Jun 22 '15 at 15:09
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    @barbarabeeton: Thanks for that tip. I found another question discussing \protect and \cite that might interest the OP. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/174275/protect-with-cite-inside-caption – James Jun 22 '15 at 15:10
  • @GonzaloMedina -- thanks, i think it likely that the op may not yet be using tex live 2015, but this is good to know for the future. actually, this "upgrade" was made some time ago, so it's probably okay. (but if it fails, \protect is still available.) – barbara beeton Jun 22 '15 at 15:54
  • Hi all, Thanks for your Inputs. I want to add another caption with reference to a book @James @ barbarabeeton – Bruce Jun 22 '15 at 16:00
  • @Bruce -- do you mean you want two captions for the same figure, or is this a caption to a different figure? (two captions for the same figure isn't going to work, but you can make another paragraph within the one caption, using \endgraf if the usual blank line doesn't work.) – barbara beeton Jun 22 '15 at 16:04
  • @barbarabeeton -- I want to give book reference to my sketch. I am looking for a best possible way to do it. For example, when a diagram from a book is taken the author reference along with the year of publication is shown below it. I want something similar for my figure. Is it possible in Latex? – Bruce Jun 22 '15 at 16:09
  • @Bruce -- this may be better handled as a separate question. it sounds like the form of reference you want is what is produced by an author-year style. that's not a simple \cite. do enter a new question, referencing this one, and in it, add the following information to what's in your example here: the bibliography style you're using, any related packages (i'm thinking natbib), and an appropriate bib entry. you might first look at this: Natbib: Author-year in the text but numbered bibliography. – barbara beeton Jun 22 '15 at 16:44
  • How do correct citing of figures? – Johannes_B Jun 23 '15 at 09:34
  • @Johannes_B : I confirmed it with my supervisor. Seems like numeric would be enough. Thanks – Bruce Jun 23 '15 at 21:35

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If you want to cite the reference in the caption of your figure, just modify the \caption line for something like

\caption{Motion of Body \textit{H}, from \cite{thebook}}

Where thebook is the label you assigned to it in the bibliography section. For example:

\begin{thebibliography}
    \bibitem{thebook} Authors, Title, Editorial, Place, Year.
\end{thebibliography}
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