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After research, how do you cite your sources? |
http://citationmachine.net/- Click on the link to the left to find out how to cite your information in a bibliography. |
| How do I get permission from someone on the Internet? | http://landmark-project.com/permission1.php- Click on this link to get a form to fill out for permission to use materials off the Internet. |
| Public Domain / Copyright Free Media | This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources. The advice on this page is not a legal opinion. The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects.
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Large Image Resources and Indexes The following links provide indexes to copyright-free, public domain resources: |
Copryight-Free Photo Archives - 27,000 images from NASA, NOAA, and FWS http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/ DHD Multimedia Gallery (Selection of images, sounds, etc.) http://gallery.hd.org/index.jsp Free Foto http://www.freefoto.com/ Free Images - 2500 stock photos (most free, some members only) http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ Free Photographs http://www.free-photographs.net/ Free Stock Photos http://freestockphotos.com/ Imagesafter (Hi-res images, photos, & textures) http://www.imageafter.com/ MorgueFile http://www.morguefile.com/ Pics4Learning - great for general topics http://pics4learning.com/ Smithsonian Institution's Office of Imaging and Photographic Services http://photo2.si.edu/ |
Photo Resources The following links focus on particular topics. They are public domain images. |
ARS (Agricultural Research Service) Image Gallery http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/ Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) by A. T. Kohl http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/index.html Coin Page http://www.coinpage.com/ Free Public Domain Images - small collection http://www.pdimages.com/web6.htm Great Images in NASA http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ JSC Digital Image Collection (NASA) - seach or browse 9000 NASA images http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/ NASA Multimedia Gallery (Images, video, and interactive features) http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/ highlights/index.html Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Photo Gallery http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/ NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Photo Library - search 20,000 NOAA images http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ Planetary Photojournal from NASA http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ Public Health Image Library (PHIL) from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/default.asp US Fish and Wildlife Service: Pictures/Graphics http://pictures.fws.gov/ |
Clip Art Resources The following links focus on clip art such as backgrounds, dividers, and line art. |
Animation Factory (3D animations and clipart) http://www.animfactory.com/ Awesome Clipart for Kids, Teacher & Family http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/ Clip Art Connection http://www.clipartconnection.com/ Clip Art Gallery from DiscoverySchool http://school.discovery.com/clipart/ Graphic Maps http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm Page Resource (backgrounds, dividers, images, and links) http://www.pageresource.com/graphics/index.html |
Images on Specific Topics The following links provide specific collections of copyright-free resources. |
Abraham Lincoln - 5 pictures http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/ resource/freepix.htm Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) from National Library of Medicine http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/ Images of American Political History http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/ Map Collections: 1500-2003 from American Memory, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ gmdhome.html Moving Image Archive from Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/movies/movies.php |
Few Other Sources With Varying Restrictions The following sites contain some photographsand/or that may also require payment or permission for use. Read the copyright sections at each site to determine exact restrictions. |
American Memory from the Library of Congress http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html iStockphoto (Read the Introduction section to learn more about their download credit system) http://www.istockphoto.com/ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp NASA Image eXchange (NIX) http://nix.nasa.gov/ NetVet (Links-site to collections with varying restrictions of use) http://netvet.wustl.edu/pix.htm New York Public Library Picture Collection Online http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/ Collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. |
Issues You should go directly to the original source and obtain your own copy of the public domain image rather than copying a copy. You do not have the right to modify the work of the copyright owner without permission. Fair Use Under the Fair Use are of the law, copyrighted material can be used for Special Care Some companies such as Disney are particularly concerned about their trademarks and logos. Be aware of these companies. Images and the Law |
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