Citation Guidelines for Grades 4-6—For Citing Images
Images are also protected by copyright laws. When searching for images on the Internet to use in your projects, use web sites and search tools to find images that are “free to use or share.” Be sure to respect copyright law by citing your image source.
Sources for images may be cited either of these two ways:
1. as a caption included on or underneath the image OR 2. in one list, titled Image Sources, at the end of your project.
See the examples for each below.
Source: Photos for Class http://www.photosforclass.com/
All photos on this site are licensed by Creative Commons for public use. Images download automatically with citation included as a caption.
Image with caption included as part of download:
The citation is listed in the black box above.
Source: Google Images https://images.google.com/
1. Enter your search
2. Click "Tools"
3. Set the search settings to “Labeled for reuse”
4. Click the image you want to use
5. Copy the shortened cite link from under the share button: 
Image with source link pasted underneath: 
Source: https://goo.gl/images/vrgrHw
Source: Britannica Image Quest http://quest.eb.com/
Click the “Cite” button and copy the citation to paste under your image.
Image with citation copied from database:
Source: Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/139_2020263/1/139_2020263/cite. Accessed 7 Nov 2017.
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Student’s Name Class Date
Image Sources
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. "Statue of Liberty.” Photos for Class. |