Copyright Information and Resources

• Copyright and Fair Use
• Plagiarism and Copyright
• Test Your Knowledge

• Copyright Information and Resources
• Services
• Library
• Seminole State Homepage

Want more info?

Reference Desk
407.708.2305

General Contact Information

Did you know...

Public Domain and Creative Commons Images

There are many places to find items in public domain that can be used legitimately. Doing a Web search for "public domain content" or "public domain images" will provide you with many options. Always check to see what is required for their use. Giving credit to the developer or site URL may be sufficient. Don't overlook giving credit for use of other's materials and following any guidelines that have been established. This public domain list may be a good start for you. It was created by a librarian on our staff.

http://www.morguefile.com/

• High quality images

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

• Choose the license on the right side

http://www.yahoo.com/

• Search for an image
• Click on “Creative Commons” option on the left side of the results page

http://www.artelista.com/en/creative-commons

• Images of works of art including sculpture, graphic design and paintings

http://www.picdrome.com/

• All images in the public domain

http://animalphotos.info/a/

• Animal photos all under creative commons license

http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search

• Under usage rights, choose “Only images labeled for reuse” and “Modification”

http://search.creativecommons.org/

• Choose a service to search through including Flickr, Fotopedia, Google Images and Open Clip Art Library

http://bit.ly/cclicenseimages

• List of 240 sites for images with a creative commons license

Glossary:

Attribution – you must give credit

No Derivative Works – you cannot alter or manipulate the original image

Share Alike – you must allow others to use the derivative work

Noncommerical – only used for noncommercial purposes

or   Copyright Zero – work has been donated for public use

This page was prepared by Nichole Ackerman, Instructional Technologies Librarian, Seminole State College of Florida, 2011.