These guidelines apply for items with any Creative Commons or public domain license that you find via Google Images or other sources.
For these items, you are expected to adhere to Creative Commons best practices for attribution/citation by listing four elements:
Title/name of work |
Author/creator |
Source(s) |
License |
For example:
Title: Indianapolis Museum of Art-IMA
Author: Serge Melki
Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art-IMA, Wikimedia Commons
License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license
Indianapolis Museum of Art-IMA by Serge Melki is licensed under CC-BY 2.0.
Note the hyperlinks:
"Indianapolis Museum of Art-IMA" is hyperlinked to the original Flikr page source.
"Serge Melki" is hyperlinked to the artist's profile.
"CC-BY 2.0" is hyperlinked to the license deed.
Include this attribution in the caption field or on the same page where the image/media is being inserted.
If you make modifications to the work, you will need to expand the attribution to include the changes you made.
See Examples of Best Practice Attribution
If the image/media comes from your technology tool, or a free search embedded in your technology tool, then no additional citation is necessary. If you embed the image/media, and the embedded content automatically links back to its host site (such as a YouTube video), you do not need to provide additional citation.
CC-BY Attribution
You can:
Share-- Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt-- Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially
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Attribution-- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
CC-BY Non-Commerical
You can:
Share-- Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt-- Remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
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Non-Commercial-- You may not use the material for commercial purposes
CC-BY ShareAlike
You can:
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Adapt-- Remix, transform, and build upon the material
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Attribution-- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
ShareAlike-- If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original
CC-BY No Derivatives
You can:
Share-- Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Under the following terms:
Attribution-- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
No Derivatives-- If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material
Public Domain/ No restrictions
This icon waives all copyright or database rights, and all interests that may exist in the work worldwide.
You can:
Share-- Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt-- Remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
No terms or requirements for these works
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