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Quick Guide to citing images (CU Weill Medical College)

University of Cincinnati Libraries: Citing Images (PDF Citation Guide)

Creator:Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925 -- Artist
Image Caption: Cornell
Library Division:Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Art and Architecture Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach
Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
NYPL Digital Gallery

MLA citation style (7th Ed., 2009)

Penfield, Edward. Cornell. 189?-1907. New York Public Library. New York Public Library Digital Gallery. Web. 20 July 2009.

Permission to publish vs. Copyright

The guidelines offered here should be taken as suggestions, not as legal statements.

The re-use of images for educational purposes (not including print or electronic publication of any kind) is generally considered acceptable under the terms of fair use. If you wish to publish images online or in print, even if for educational purposes, you will first need to determine whether or not the image is protected by copyright, then find out how to get copyright clearance.

Password-controlled web sites with access limited to the Cornell University community generally fall within the bounds of educational fair use.

When in doubt, consult the Cornell University Fair Use Checklist or the Fair Use Defintion (U.S. Code TITLE 17, Chapter 1, Sec. 107).

You may also need to obtain permission to publish from the institution that owns the image in question, whether or not the image is in the public domain. This is particularly the case for images found in licensed databases, such as ARTstor. ARTstor has a very clearly-worded permissions statement, as do other licensed databases. In most cases, you will need to write to the institution that owns the physical image (that ARTstor , for isntance, includes) and request permission to publish it. There is often a fee associated with acquiring permission to publish.

Please note that as of May 11, 2009, the Cornell University Library does not require its users to seek permission to publish public domain items duplicated from its collections.This does not apply to images Cornell licenses from other institutions or corporations.

More information:
Cornell's decision and its official guidelines.

Creative Commons "provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."

• Creative Commons Search

Trying to find information about a copyright holder?
Try the U.S. Copyright Office

Cornell University Copyright Information Center

Fair Use of Images (specific uses by educators, scholars and students)

© Primer (University of Maryland)

WATCH: Writers, Artists and their Copyright Holders (Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin)

Artists' Rights Society (Negotiates and Administers Rights for Contemporary Artists and Artists' Estates)