Library Research Guide
Google Images: after running a search, click on the option for Search tools and from the menu that appears, click on Usage rights. From there you will be able to filter your search results by permitted use.
For photographs you take:
Requesting permissions from others:
When making a request it is important to include:
K-State Libraries' experts in Scholarly Communications co-authored this section. Feel free to use the Copyright Consultation Service with questions related to copyright at copyright@k-state.edu.
Additional Resources:
Wikimedia Commons is a database of freely usable media files.
Note: When you click on an image, this may take you to a different website such as Flickr or Wikipedia-- while some images are hosted on Wikimedia Commons, it is also a tool for discovering images hosted on other websites.
"Unlike traditional media repositories, Wikimedia Commons is free. Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as they follow the terms specified by the author; this often means crediting the source and author(s) appropriately and releasing copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. The license conditions of each individual media file can be found on their description page. The Wikimedia Commons database itself and the texts in it are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. More information on re-use can be found at Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia and Commons:First steps/Reuse."
Source
Each of the following examples is presented in a pair:
Fig. 1. Indigo Bunting photo by Dawn Scranton (2012).
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Fig. 1. Photo by Scranton (2012).
Figure 1. Scranton, Dawn. (2012, April 4). Indigo Bunting [digital photograph]. Personal collection, made available under an Attribution 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from flickr: https://flic.kr/p/bvMEQL.
Fig. 2. Photo of Bill Snyder Family Stadium by Wesley Fryer (2008).
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Fig. 2. Photo by Fryer (2008).
Figure 2. Fryer, Wesley. (2008, September 28). DSC01442 [digital photograph]. Personal collection, made available under an Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Creative Commons License. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from flickr: https://flic.kr/p/5pLTQj/.
Fig. 3. "Jolly Hallowe'en" from the NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library. Picture collection.
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Fig. 3. "Jolly Hallowe'en" from the NYPL.
Figure 3. Unknown artist. (n.d.) Jolly Hallowe'en [postcard]. The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture Collection. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from Flickr Commons: https://flic.kr/p/7boniR.
Fig. 4. Indigo Bunting photo by Dawn Scranton (2012).
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Fig. 4. Photo by Scranton (2012).
Figure 4. Scranton, Dawn. (2012, April 4). Indigo Bunting [digital photograph]. Personal collection, made available under an Attribution 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from flickr: https://flic.kr/p/bvMEQL. Edited by Urton, E. 2016.
Fig. 5. Konza Prairie Preserve by Edwin Olson (2005).
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Fig. 5. Photo by Olson (2005).
Figure 5. Olson, Edwin. (2005). Konza Prairie Preserve [digital photograph]. Personal collection, made available in the public domain. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Konza2.jpg.
Fig. 6. Skywalk in Wichita, KS by Eric Whittman (2006).
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Fig. 6. Photo by Whittman (2006).
Figure 6. Wittman, Eric. (2006, September 29). skywalk [digital photograph]. Personal collection, made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skywalk_between_Sutton_Place_ and_parking_garage.jpg.
Fig. 7. The track to Bluegrass near North Stainmore, Cumbria, Great Britain (by Karl and Ali, 2010).
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Fig. 7. Photo by Karl and Ali (2010).
Figure 7. Karl and Ali. (2010). NY8314: The track to Bluegrass near to North Stainmore, Cumbria, Great Britain [digital photograph]. Personal collection, made available under an Attribution-ShareAlice 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license. Retrieved September 30, 2015 from geograph: http://www.geograph.org.uk/ photo/1780362.
Fig. 8. Sunset view from Hale Library by Ellen Urton (2015).
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Fig. 8. Photo by Urton (2015).
Figure 8. Urton, Ellen. (2015, September 28). Sunset view from Hale Library, Manhattan, KS [digital photograph]. Personal collection.