No matter where you get your image (Google image search, ARTstor, social media, museum website, scan from a book) or how you use it (PowerPoint, in a paper for class, a flyer), you MUST provide a citation for every image you use. Some things to keep in mind when citing an image:

• Provide as much information as possible as an image caption in the document.
• Include the image information in your works cited.

When using the image, you will want to use the caption feature with the following information:

1. Creator's Name
2. Title of the work, as given
3. Date
4. Location of the work, if known
5. Database collection, if known
6. Rights information, if known

Caption Examples

From Flicker

Bobcats by Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 2003. Flickr. (Public Domain)

From JSTOR (image redacted - only has caption example)

The Net Mender by Alfred Stieglitz, 1894, JSTOR. (c) The Georgia O'Keefe Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

From Clip Art in Microsoft Products (image redacted - only has caption example)

Gray cat; PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Professional Plus, version 14.0.7184.5000, Microsoft, 2010.

Works Cited Examples

These examples correspond with the caption examples above:

• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Bobcats. 2003. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/santamonicamtns/17420005849/in/album-72157699863097711/
• Stieglitz, Alfred. The Net Mender. 1894. Exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago. Artstor, https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AMICO_CHICAGO_10311505149.
• Gray cat. PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Professional Plus, version 14.0.7184.5000, Microsoft, 2010.

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