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GHS 210: Freedom and Movement

How to cite: Items under a Creative Commons license

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:

OneTitle/name of work 
TwoAuthor/creator
Number 3 Source(s)
Number 4License

For example: Indianapolis Museum of Art statue

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.

Types of Creative Commons Licenses

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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

Under the following terms:

Attribution-- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made


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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:

Attribution-- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made

Non-Commercial-- You may not use the material for commercial purposes


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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:

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


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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 icon Zero restrictions icon 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

 

Creative Commons Images

Citation: Grand Canyon Celebratory Gathering June 15, 2011 by Grand Canyon National Park is under Creative Commons Attribution.

Note: You are welcome to use the abbreviation (CC BY) or the button icons for the Creative Commons license if you don't wish to spell out the entire thing.

Bird flying the sky

Citation: freedom.. by anvay nakade is used under CC BY-NC-ND.

Note: No edits were made since the license includes ND (no derivatives).

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