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Find & Use Images: Citing Images

Citing Images

Citations are required for images embedded into Blackboard unless they are images you create.

  • Even if materials are lawfully used, attribution is required. The citation should be accessible in the context of the image's use.
  • For minimum attribution include Source: URL.
  • Citations to images from images databases (such as the library's subscription databases) should include the following (if easily determined):
    • Creator's Name,
    • Year,
    • Title of the Work,
    • Location of the Work (which database, for example), and
    • Rights Information

    These elements can be reorganized to fit the citation style your discipline normally cites.

Example: Image from a Website

image of Himachal Pradesh village

Source: Biswarip Ganguly. 2014. Village Palchan in Beas Valley.  Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY3.0.