Embedded Files
Using Images
Using Images
Watch the video below to learn more about Creative Commons.
How to cite a creative commons image
Royalty Free Images using Google Images
Reverse Image Search using Google Lens
When you take an image from online and use it in your school work
you may be stealing.
It's important that you find and use images from sources that give you permission to use another's work in your project. Using someone else's work is fine as long as you have permission and properly attribute (cite/give credit) to the source of the image.
When someone takes a photo, logo, image, writes a song, or creates music, or piece of artwork it is automatically copyrighted meaning the author has exclusive ownership rights for their creation. The owner can grant permission for others to use/modify their work with permission. This means if the work is subject to copyright you must have permission to use. The exception to this rule is under the fair use doctrine. (see below)
The way to do this is by using finding creative common images and providing the proper attribution to the source as the creators have already provided permission to use their works.
Creative Commons and Royalty Free Images
Creative Commons and Royalty Free Images
Search for images and videos with a Creative Commons re-use license on multiple websites.
Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.
Pexels
Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.
Search now to download properly attributed, Creative Commons photos for school!
Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images and videos. All contents are released under Creative Commons CC0, which makes them safe to use without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist - even for commercial purposes.
Over 13,000,000 free public domain images.
Over 1,000,000 free (do-whatever-you-want) high-resolution photos brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Over 40 million freely usable media files. Attributions provided. This is a great source for finding historical images, as well.
Sources for Royalty Free Music
Sources for Royalty Free Music
Royalty Free Music
Royalty free music and audio tracks from $1.
1,095,074 tracks and sounds from our community of musicians and sound engineers.
Royalty free music for your next project.
YouTube Audio Free Music Library
Royalty free music and sound effects on Youtube.
Find perfect tracks for background music for YouTube videos, podcasts, and online projects.
News Photography Collections
News Photography Collections
Reuters photos from all over the world with browsing by topic and year.
Reuters news photos from stories around the globe.
The Guardian Twenty Photos of the Week
Every week The Guardian publishes twenty photos from around the world.
A selection of photos taken around the world in the last seven days.
Getty Images is a supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets
Time Magazine Photo Department
Photos and stores from around the world featured in Time Magazine.
Prize winning photos and stories from around the world.
What is Creative Commons
What is Creative Commons
How to Cite a Creative Commons Image
How to Cite a Creative Commons Image
Attributing Sources
Include the following information when attributing an creative commons image.
Title/Description - if there is a title then just a short description of the image.
Author/Creator - link to their profile page (if they have one), if not then just include
the author's name.Source - name of website and linked to the source page.
License - include the type of license and linked to the source page.
Apartment complex looking west in Zhuhai, China, Alan Barbee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND 4.0
Finding Royalty Free Images with Google
Finding Royalty Free Images with Google
Reverse Image Search
Reverse Image Search
You found an image you would like to use but don't know where it came from.
A Google Reverse Image Search using Google Lens will help locate the photo's info.
Once you locate a photo do the following:
1. Right mouse click on the image.
2. Select "search for image using Google Lens".
3. In the search box, enlarge the search area to include the entire photo (otherwise it may look for something else in the photo such as the clothing the person is wearing).
4. Click "find image source" at the top of the Google Lens pop-up box.
5. Review the source material. You may be provided with a number of other photos. Select the photo you are interested in then "click" on it to see the original source of the photo.
You can also do a reverse image search with Tineye
Attribution
Attribution
Adapted from the work of Kelly Donaldson's AISG Libguides
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