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Citing Images

How to Cite Images in a Works Cited Page


Name of the Photo/Illus. Copyright Holder. Name of the Database or source. Date image was created. Medium of publication. url of image if from website. Date of Access.

Malaria-Causing Parasite. N.d. Science Resource Center. Gale, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2008.

Straeter, William P. Little Rock School Desegregation 1957. 24 Sept. 1957. AP Images. AP, n.d. Web. 5 May 2009.

Place the image url

Label image with the web address where picture was taken from.

For Databases - only use the URL address as far as the domain name. For example,
AP Images would only include the following address:
http://www.apimages.org

See example below.

external image 00215818.jpg

http://galenet.galegroup.com

Image Copyright Statement

Use this image at the end of all multimedia projects. Click this link to download the larger resolution image.

Label image with the web address where picture was taken from.

For Databases - only use the URL address as far as the domain name. For example,
AP Images would only include the following address:
http://www.apimages.org

See example of placing url beneath picture.

http://galenet.galegroup.com

Attribution & Fair Use

 ALL Media must include a URL under the picture in ALL project formats or a list of URLs at the end of videos and podcasts.


*Remember - just giving attribution to media DOES NOT make it a Fair Use.

Click here to learn more about Fair Use.

Click here to learn more about Creative Commons Licenses