Finding Images and Other Visual Resources: Copyright & Citations
There are more ways to find interesting and useful images than Google Image search. Learn how and where!
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Copyright Information
US Copyright Office: How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work (PDF)
A work of authorship is in the “public domain” if it is no longer under copyright protection or if it failed to meet the requirements for copyright protection. Works in the public domain may be used freely without the permission of the former copyright owner
The Artstor Digital Library is an extensive and representative visual resource of images for teaching and research in the arts, humanities and social sciences used in teaching and learning contexts. Thus, the Digital Library is characterized by high-quality images and authoritative cataloging information.
Provides free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination.
When you need to purchase rights to publish a copyrighted image, look here:
- Art Resource
- Clearing house for the rights of major European an American museums, archives and collections.
- Artists Rights Society (ARS)
- Rights of the majority of the artists active in the 20th century.