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Free to use images

There are lots of ways to find great pictures which are completely free to use and share!

You can do this in Google Images, by following these steps:

• Type your search into the Google images search box and enter.
• In the results page, click on Settings, and select Advanced Search from the drop down menu.

• In advanced search scroll down the page to Usage Rights. The default there is "not filtered by licence". That means your results include images that you might not be able to use without paying for them. Click on the arrow, and the drop down menu will give you other options.
  • Free to Use or Share means you can use these images in your projects without fees
  • Free to Use, Share, or modify, means you can make changes to the image if you want to
  • Commercially, means that you would be able to use these images if you had an online store, or were creating an advertisement.

You can also find great, free-to-use images at these sites:

• Pixabay (*Note: This is my favourite site for images!)

Citing Images

For educational purposes, such as your school assignments, you can cite images in much the same way that you would information from other sources. Remember, though, that Google Images is NOT your source! You need to click on the "visit page" option for the image, which will bring you to the original website where you can (hopefully) find more information.

The basic APA format for citing images is:

Image creator’s Last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year published). Title of image [Photograph, Cartoon, Painting, etc.]. Retrieved from URL

For example, an APA citation for this image of Al Zubarah Fort, found on Wikimedia Commons would look like this:

Miranda, O.R. (2018). The first World Heritage Site in Qatar [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qatar#/media/File:Al_Zubarah_Fort._Doha-Qatar.jpg