Using Images for your LAMS 1101 Project - LAMS 1101: Latin American Culture Perspectives - Finding and citing images

Why we cite

Why do we need to cite images?

Images are usually subject to either copyright or an open license (such as a Creative Commons license). In both cases, the image must be cited
To maintain academic integrity we need to acknowledge our sources, whether they are text or images.

What about Wikipedia?

Information or images licensed under Creative Commons (like Wikipedia) always require attribution at minimum

Websites with images licensed for use

Websites to search for images and icons:

openverse This link opens in a new window
An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use. All images and audio clips are either CC licensed or in the public domain. For more details on permitted uses see About Creative Commons.

Pexels
Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Pexels license. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable and also easy to discover through our discover pages
Unsplash
Unsplash has a photograph collection of more than 500,000 images. All images are free to use, even for commercial purposes.
NounProject
A collection of icons under public domain or creative commons licenses. User can pay a fee to use the icon without attribution.

Citing Wikipedia

Wikipedia is free to access and is licensed under a Creative Commons license. The terms of the license require attribution and the resource being created must be shared under the same or a similar license.

Wikipedia English Language Main Page

What do you need to cite an image?

Attribution for Creative Commons Licenses

Images:

1) Name of creator hyperlinked to profile
2) Title of image hyperlinked to image source
3) Link to creative commons license
4) Site retrieved from

**Identify images in the public domain

Wikipedia:

1) Name of creator (Wikipedia)
2) Name of article (hyperlinked)
3) Date accessed

Note: Some websites do not use Creative Commons licenses, but create their own license. Make sure to check a website's license requirements on the 'Terms-of-Use' page, to see how to properly cite an image.