Copyright & Licensing for Student Creators: Finding and Using Other People's Work
Use Google's Advanced Search to find openly licensed material:
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Google Advanced Search for Open MaterialsDownload this diagram
Giving Credit to Others
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How to give credit if you're using someone else's openly licensed materials (e.g., materials with a CC license)Provides some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.
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Open Attribution BuilderThis tool will automatically generate the attribution for you if you are using openly licensed materials.
Finding Images
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Creative Commons Search ToolSearch websites for images you can share, use, and remix. Creative Commons allows creators of works to release them into the public domain or license works by placing some restrictions on their use.
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Google Advanced Image SearchLimit your Google image search to images that that you can reuse.
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The MET (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)Images of Artworks in the Public Domain
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New York Public Library Digital CollectionsSelect "Search only public domain materials."
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PexelsAll photos are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose.
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PixabayFree images or videos that you can use anywhere.