Science 311

"Inclusion of print images in a paper is acceptable if that paper is not copied and distributed outside of the institution." (https://library.ucalgary.ca/copyright)

Image Sources

Creative Commons
US Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library
Wikimedia Commons - many royalty-free images
NYPL (New York Public Library) Public Domain Digital Collections - for example, search “rabbit” in top corner and limit to Show Only Public Domain

Colourbox stock photos (sign-up required, free)

Getty's Open Content Program images (works in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collections.)

• Use the search box to narrow the results
• "The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required. ... Those available as open content images are identified with a "Download" link."

Google Advanced Image Search

• Under Usage Rights, choose either of the "free to use share or modify" options

Flickr Advanced Search

• Choose "Modifications allowed" if you want to make changes to the image

Citing & Mentioning Figures in Your Paper

• Citing: general guidelines
  • Articles/books: If using the article/book in your paper, you will already have an entry for it in the reference list. In the caption, provide a citation to that entry as you would within your text, adding a page number.
  • Web/image databases: No references are necessary in the bibliography/reference list BUT you need to mention the source in the caption.
    Format: Author(s). date. Title. [accessed yyyy Mmm dd]. URL.
• Citing: in your paper: If starting a sentence with the word "figure", use the full word (i.e. Figure). Within the sentence use one of Fig or Figure, but not both.