**The provided passwords will allow you to access these databases from home.
Encyclopedia Britannica: This reference source includes thousands of images. (user: maret password: frogs)
Google Images: Search for images using Google—but be careful to take images only from high-quality websites.
Science Online: When you search in this database, the results will include a tab called "Images, Video & Animations" that will let you look at images. (user: maret password: frogs)
World Book Encyclopedia: This database includes thousands of images; after you search, there will be an option on the left where you can click to see only "Pictures." (user: maret password: frogs)
If you're copying a URL from Google, DO NOT use the Google Images URL.
WRONG
http://images.google.com/imgres?q=ginkgo+leaf&hl=en&
biw=1503&bih=1064&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=SlXphL8Rp
H25vM:&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:%25D0%259B%25D0%21%2582_%25D0%25B3
%25D0%D0%25BA%25D0%25BE.jpg&docid=50_tX
J6ozsBbeM&w=2564&h=2650&ei=vo-CTrrgBs2RgQeg95
Ay&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=453&vpy=446&dur=34&hovh=228&
hovw=221&tx=145&ty=90&page=1&tbnh=135&tbnw=131&
start=0&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0
Instead, click to see "Full-Size Image" and copy the URL from that page—the actual, direct URL for the image.
CORRECT
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
/3/32/Ginkgo_biloba_scanned_leaf.jpg
First ask yourself—where did I find the image?
Image from a website (found through Google)
Model
Artist's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Image." Medium of Image (Photograph, Painting, etc). Website Name. Website Publisher or Sponsor, Publication Day Month Year. Web. Access Date Month Year. <URL>.
Example 1 (photograph with no artist, no publication date)
"Ginkgo, (Maidenhair Tree)." Photograph. Arbor Day Foundation. Arbor Day Foundation, n.d. Web. Sept. 26 2011. <http://www.arborday.org/treeguide/treedetail.cfm?id=162>.
Example 2 (painting with artist and publication date)
Iverson, Laura. "Golden Ginkgo Leaves on Gray." Painting. Fine Art America. Fine Art America, Apr. 18 2011. Web. Sept. 26 2011. <http://fineartamerica.com/featured/golden-ginkgo-leaves-on-gray-laura-iverson.html>.
*If you don't know the publication date, use "n.d."
**If you can't find the artist's name, leave it off and start with the image title.
Image from a library database (found on Britannica, World Book, Science Online, etc.)
Format
Artist's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Image." Medium of Image (Photograph, Painting, etc). Database Name. Database Publisher, Publication Day Month Year. Web. Access Date Month Year. <URL>.
Example (photograph with no artist, no publication date)
"Tree: Sugar Maple." Photograph. Britannica School Edition. Britannica Online, n.d. Web. Sept. 26 2011. <http://school.eb.com/comptons/art-126772>.
Example (photograph with artist, but no publication date)
Greb, Peggy. "Papaya Tree (Carica papaya)." Photograph. Science Online. Facts on File, n.d. Web. Sept. 26 2011. <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin=SciPhoto000357&SingleRecord=True>.
*If you don't know the publication date, use "n.d."
**If you can't find the artist's name, leave it off and start with the image title.