ULibraries Research Guides: Using Wix to Create a Digital History Project: Copyright

"Plowing Man" Image

Image courtesy of BYU Digital Library. "Plowing Man" (1885-1900). Available at https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/Laie/id/76

Overview

Evaluate and respect copyright! Do not use an image that is under copyright without permission from the rights holder.
When possible, use public domain images.
Look in the image metadata under "Rights."
When the rights are unclear, consider Fair Use.
If the image expressly says, "All Rights Reserved," better to find another image.

Giving Scholarly Attribution

Regardless of copyright status, you still need to give scholarly attribution. A best practice is to accompany the image with a short attribution (similar to an in-text citation) and have a separate page for a full list of sources.

At a minimum, online image citations should include:

Link back to the original work
Credit to the image creator and/or institution that made the image available
If the original image had attribution instructions, follow those!

Citing Online Images in MLA
An Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph)
Provide the artist's name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city where the work is housed. Follow this initial entry with the name of the Website in italics, and the date of access.

Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado, www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-71759e417e74. Accessed 22 May 2006.

Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html. Accessed May 2006.

If the work is cited on the web only, then provide the name of the artist, the title of the work, and then follow the citation format for a website. If the work is posted via a username, use that username for the author.

Adams, Clifton R. “People Relax Beside a Swimming Pool at a Country Estate Near Phoenix, Arizona, 1928.” Found, National Geographic Creative, 2 June 2016, natgeofound.tumblr.com/.

Using Wix to Create a Digital History Project

"Plowing Man" Image

Overview

Evaluate and respect copyright! Do not use an image that is under copyright without permission from the rights holder.

When possible, use public domain images.

Look in the image metadata under "Rights."

When the rights are unclear, consider Fair Use.

If the image expressly says, "All Rights Reserved," better to find another image.

Giving Scholarly Attribution