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Images, Motion Pictures, and Videos

How to find images and how to cite them in APA and MLA styles

Avoid Plagiarism

Be careful! If you use an image in your assignment without citing its original source, you are committing plagiarism!

About plagiarism and how to avoid it.

What Images Can Be Used

  • With added images your content will look better, but image use can be tricky.
  • You must know that many images in digital form are protected.
  • You can find images in a public domain that have no copyright.
  • Great and free sources of images are the ones with Creative Commons licenses.
  • The most important thing is to give a credit to the original author or owner.

Popular Web Sites to Locate Images

Google Images

ATTENTION: To find copyright-free images in Google Images type your search term, click "Tools" right under the search bar, go to "Usage rights" and select "Creative Commons License." These images are usually free to use, but require credit. 

Pixabay - High quality free images

Unsplash - a large variety of free images

Clker - Free Clip Art & Images - Millions of Royalty Free Images 

Creative Commons Search

Visual Art Online Sources

Special Database from the Getty Research Institute

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