Finding Images

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Images that have been licensed by their creators with a Creative Commons license - telling you how you can legally and ethically use their photos.   Show me

Labeling and citing images

Even when the images you use are copyright free, you should acknowledge the creator and indicate the source. 

• For examples of using MLA style to fully cite images you use in a research paper, click here: citing images 

Please be aware of legal restrictions on the use of images.  Boston University has a useful webpage on Image Copyright .

 

Printing Posters

Student Media Services  (Main Floor, Valley Library): production and printing services funded by student activity fees.

Collections of photographs or drawings:

 

OSU Libraries Catalog   Books in Valley Library

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog   Books in academic libraries in the northwest.  Request for delivery to Valley in 3-4 working days.

 

Add the words "pictorial works" or portraits to your keyword search, the words used in catalogs to desribe books with photographs or drawings.  For example:

• "butterflies" and "pictorial works"
  
• "abraham lincoln" and portraits

Indexes to collections of photographs and other pictures:

• Photography books index  Valley Library, 1st floor TR199 .M67 1985
• Photography index : a guide to reproductions
  Valley Library, 1st floor  TR199 .P37
• Picture researcher's handbook : an international guide to picture sources and how to use them.
  Valley Reference (2nd floor) N4000 .E8 1992 
• Index to illustrations of animals and plants
  Valley Reference (2nd floor) QL46 .C541 1991

There are a couple of indexes that you can use to find pictures in heavily-illustrated magazines.  Search by subject (butterflies) and the index tells you which magazine, the date and the page where a picures was published.

 

Illustration Index: the BEST source for pictures of people, places, and things. Valley Reference (2nd floor) N 7525 .V3

• Pictures in American Heritage, Gourmet, Life, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Natural History, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Travel & Leisure, Travel/Holiday. List of magazines at the front of each volume gives OSU call number.
• Citation includes date, page, size of picture, whether or not it's in color. Use the "User Guide" at the front if you need help interpreting the citation.
• This is a great resource. Here are some examples of the topics: crayons, boars (wild), locker rooms, blizzards, Zurich, Charlie Parker.

National Geographic Index  Valley, 6th floor G1 .N2
Index of photographs in National Geographic.

 

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