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Image Searching...Read This!
The use of images can greatly enhance reports, presentations, and other projects when used appropriately and sparingly. Images can be organized into three main categories...those YOU own, those OTHERS own, and those that NOBODY owns.
You are free to use images that YOU own at any time in your projects without asking for the right to use them (permission) or needing to give credit for them (attribution).
In order to use images OTHERS own, you must have permission to use them and also know if you need to give them attribution (see video top right). Many times these images will have what is called a "Creative Commons" license (see video bottom right). This type of license can give you some flexibility with how the images are used in your projects. You need to look carefully at the license to know what you can and cannot do with the images.
Images that NOBODY owns are considered "Public Domain" and do not require permission to use, but still should be given attribution if possible.
The image search engines below will help you locate images that are either in the public domain or have a Creative Commons license.
Do You Have Permission?
Do You Have Permission?
Check to see if the image in is the Public Domain or has a Creative Commons license. Public Domain and CC0 licenses have you good to go! Otherwise, check the chart below:
Creativity, Copyright, and Fair Use For Ethical Digital Citizens by Cyberwise1
Creative Commons for Kids by Nancy Minicozzi
Giving Attribution? Remember T-A-S-L
Giving Attribution? Remember T-A-S-L
T-title
T-title
The title is the name given to the image by the author.
A-author
A-author
The author is the creator of the image.
S-source
S-source
The source is the place where the image can be found.
L-license
L-license
The license indicates IF and HOW the image can be used.
PERMISSION:
From the owner: "I am quite happy for people to use images of my antique prints and maps on their own web pages as long as the use is non-commercial. Those running personal websites dealing with family history, genealogy, or other historical research etc. are most welcome to copy any of the map or print images for their own use, as are charity and non-profit organizations. Also I suggest any images used are saved to your own server and not linked directly to on my website. Please contact me if any images are wanted for commercial purposes, for which I usually charge a very nominal fee."
ATTRIBUTION:
From the owner: "In return I would greatly appreciate a link back to my website, or a credit such as Image courtesy of ancestryimages.com.
PERMISSION:
These images can be used for PERSONAL and EDUCATIONAL purposes. K-12 students may use these images for school projects and reports. Images in the Classroom Clipart collection may be used by teachers and students in print, multimedia, and video productions. Uses include school projects, school web pages, newsletters, bulletin boards, posters, presentations and school contests, newsletters, bulletin boards, posters and presentations. Classroom Clipart retains all copyrights to these royalty free clip art images including modified, resized, and colorized versions of these royalty free images.
ATTRIBUTION:
These images are watermarked with a Classroom Clipart Logo/Copyright. The copyright or watermark MUST NOT be removed from the image. When using an image on a web page the image must include this link "Image Provided by Classroom Clipart" or “Clipart provided by Classroom Clipart”
PERMISSION:
Clipart-America is a database of images that are in the public domain and do not require permission for use.
ATTRIBUTION:
Not required.
PERMISSION:
The Florida Center for Instructional Technology grants to all students and teachers permission to use a maximum of fifty (50) clipart items in any non-commercial, educational project (report, presentation, display, website, etc.) without payment or special permission, subject to the following restrictions.
•No commercial use of ClipArt ETC images may be made under the Free Classroom License.
•Images may not be used in a pornographic, defamatory, offensive, or unlawful manner.
•Images of individuals may not be used to suggest endorsements of products, services, or activities.
•Images may not be used as a trademark, service mark, or logo.
•Images may not be distributed as a part of any clip media collection.
ATTRIBUTION:
Please credit FCIT whenever a resource is used. If resources from this site are incorporated into a website, a link to http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ must be included on your site. If you would like to help others find the ClipArt ETC site, you may choose to link to us with one of these banners or buttons instead of a text link.
PERMISSION:
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
ATTRIBUTION:
None required.
PERMISSION:
This is a place to access safe, age-appropriate images available for classroom use and other educational purposes. The images are from Flickr and Pixabay and are licensed by Creative Commons for public use.
ATTRIBUTION:
The downloaded images automatically cite the author and the image license terms, so students don't have to.
PERMISSION:
The Pics4Learning collection is intended to provide copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an educational setting. The original photographers of each image retain the copyright to these images and have graciously allowed their use in this collection. The images may not be sold as an image collection or partial image collection. Images in the Pics4Learning collection may be used by teachers and students in print, multimedia, and video productions. These could include, but are not limited to, school projects, contests, web pages, and fund raising activities for the express purpose of improving student educational opportunities.
Images cannot be used for commercial production without permission. This includes projects being sold on sites that market teacher produced products to other teachers.
ATTRIBUTION:
None required.
PERMISSION:
Public Domain Clipart is a database of images that are in the public domain and do not require permission for use.
ATTRIBUTION:
Not required.
PERMISSION:
Wikimedia Commons is a database of public domain and Creative Commons media. Permission is generally not needed to use the images, but you must examine the license attached to an image in order to know what you can and cannot do with it. You can do this by clicking the blue "More Details" button.
ATTRIBUTION:
Again, you will need to click on the blue "More Details" button in order to view the attribution requirements for the image.
PERMISSION:
WP Clipart is a database of images that are in the public domain and do not require permission for use.
ATTRIBUTION:
Not required.
This is a search engine created by the Creative Commons organization in order to search various databases for either public domain or Creative Commons-licensed images. Control is given to the user to choose which database to search at any given time.
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