Using images
Locating images and photographs is an important feature for scholarship. Search results in many scholarly databases can now be expanded to include photographs or images.
Copyright
Referencing
Copyright
- "Artistic works and images which are embedded in text for the purpose of
explaining or illustrating the literary work (incidental artistic works), can be
copied along with the text following the guidelines of reasonable portions
applicable there..." Copyright at UC
Finding images in UC databases
- EBSCOhost Image CollectionOver 510,000 images relating to people, natural science, places, history, maps and flags
- JSTOR Fulltext archive journal collection for the arts, humanities and social sciences. Click on "i" above for specific instructions
- Factiva The Factiva database also includes an ever-expanding archive of more than two million news photos from Reuters and other sources as far back as the 1980s. Click on the "i" for specific instructions.
Searching the Web
- Google Advanced Image Search For re-usable images, use the Usage Rights filter.
- WorldImagesCalifornia State University. Global listing. search by keyword or portfolio.
- Flickr Creative Commons imagesPlease follow "attribution" categories information on copyright.
- Wikimedia CommonsA media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language
- Image*AfterFree photo collection
Resources from the Virtual Training Suite (UK)
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Images Guides on the Web
Images Research Guide (Boatwright Memorial Library)
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Content Authors:
Debbie Mudin & Beryl Pedvin
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