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Find Copyright Free Images Links (Click arrow for list!)

Library of Congress: Prints and photographs from the LoC
Free to Use and Reuse Sets (Library of Congress): This portal features content that is free to use and reuse.
Noun Project: Free Icons and Stock Photos For Everything.
Pexels: Search through thousands of royalty free images.
Pics4Learning: Curated image library that is safe and free for education.
Pixabay: Over 5.6 million+ high quality stock images, videos and music.
Unsplash: Powered by creators everywhere.

What is Copyright?

Copyright is a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression. In copyright law, there are a lot of different types of works, including paintings, photographs, illustrations, musical compositions, sound recordings, computer programs, books, poems, blog posts, movies, architectural works, plays, and so much more!

Source Credibility and Fact-Checking Links (Click arrow for list!)

AllSides: Exposes people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other.
Associated Press Fact Check: Verify the latest news with AP Fact Check. AP fact checkers combat misinformation by debunking false and misleading claims.
Common Sense Media: Most Reliable and Credible Sources for Students
factcheck.org: Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Factcheck.org's goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
Politifact: Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy
Snopes: The oldest and largest fact-checking site online, widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and readers as an invaluable research companion.

Build Your Understanding of Credibility:

Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information Playlist
Common Sense Education: How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images
Fake News & Misinformation: How to Spot and Verify: St. Louis Community College Libraries
How to choose your news: Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart
The Full Fact Toolkit: Simple practical tools anyone can use to identify bad information
Media Bias 101: The Difference Between News, Analysis, and Opinion
News Habits & Media: Pew Research Center
Reverse Image Search: Search over 76.7 billion images and find where images appear online. Using TinEye is private and we do not save your search images.

Writing Citations Links (Click arrow for list!)

Research Help Links (Click arrow for list!)

Eight tips to Google like a pro: News Literacy Project
How to Write a Research Question
InfoBase Science Tutorial
InfoBase History Tutorial
Online Verification Skills with Mike Caulfield YouTube Playlist
SIFT (The Four Moves): a short list of things to do when looking at a source, and hook each of those things to one or two highly effective web techniques.