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Digital Production Studio and Tech Tool Lending Library: Image Sources

Britannica ImageQuest

Britannica ImageQuest

A database of rights-cleared images for projects. Paid for by WA. Off campus login required: Database Passwords

Citation directions: 

1. Click on the desired image

2. Click the "Cite" button with the checkmark in the tool bar below the image.

3.Select Citation Style from the pull down menu.

4. Copy/paste the citation as a caption under the image, or add the citation to an alphabetical list called "Image Sources"  at the end of your project (this list is separate from your Bibliography).

Photos for Class

Photos for Class http://www.photosforclass.com/ 

Searches Pixabay and Flikr for Creative Commons licensed images for educational purposes:

 

  1. Enter a keyword search
  2. All photos shown are licensed by Creative Commons for public use
  3. Download the image and the citation will download automatically as a caption on the image

For more info, see: https://www.photosforclass.com/about/citing-photos

Pixabay

Pixabay.com- https://pixabay.com/ 

Note: May have to set up a free account.

( All photos shown are licensed by Creative Commons for public use)

More Image Sources

 Free high-resolution photos. Searchable by category.

Pexels logo Free stock photos and video. Searchable by category.

PikWizard logoOver 1million stock photos and videos.

Stockio logo Free photos, vectors, icons, fonts, and videos.

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

a free media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound, and video clips) 

  1. Go to the solo page for the item that you want to use
  2. Click "Cite this page " under Tools on the left
  3. Select Chicago and copy/ paste
  4. Edit as needed

 

Google Image Search

Google Web Search

For a Google Image Search:

  1. Try your image search with keywords (use quotes around phrases)
  2. ​Click "Tools"
  3. Set the search settings to “Labeled for reuse”
  4. Click the visit website button under the image:

Example:

 

Here’s the specific information you’ll need to locate when citing an image you found on Google Images:

  1. Full name of the image’s creator, such as the name of the photographer or illustrator (if available)
  2. Formal title of the image (if available) or a description of the image
  3. Name of the website where the image lives (Do not use Google as the name of the website!)
  4. Publisher of the website where the image was found 
  5. Date this information was published on their site
  6. Accessed date
  7. The URL from the address bar

Primary Souorces