Copyright+and+Citations

It is important for students to learn how to give credit for the information they find during research. They need to know that they cannot use information and images (pictures) from the internet without citing their sources. This page lists information for students and teachers regarding copyright and citing sources.

=**__For Kids:__**= When citing images found online, your MLA citation format will depend on whether the image represents a work originally held in a museum or collection, or whether the image only exists on the web.
 * Works Cited list citation for images (pictures):**

Creator's last name, first name. Title of Image or Description of image. Year of creation. Gallery or museum where the image is physically located. Title of the Website or Database. Medium of publication ("Web"). Date of access (Day Month (abbreviated) Year).
 * Structure for a work of art or photograph that exists in a museum or collection:**

__Examples:__ Bonsu, Osei. Female figure (akua ba). [c.1960]. National Museum of African Art. African Mosaic/Womanhood. Web. 9 Apr. 2011. Rousseau, Henri. The Dream. 1910. The Museum of Modern Art. ARTstor. Web. 29 Mar. 2011.

Creator's last name, first name. Title of Image or Description of image. Date of creation. Title of the Website where the image is located. Publisher or sponsor of the site (if available). Medium of publication ("Web"). Date of access (Day Month (abbreviated) Year).
 * Structure for a work or photograph that exists only on the web:**

__Examples__: Salgado, José. Up Close and Personal with the Very Large Telescope. 6 Dec. 2010. ESO Picture of the Week. European Southern Observatory. Web. 9 Apr. 2011. Sayer, Larissa. Nurse Log. 27 Jan. 2007. Flickr. Yahoo! Web. 7 Apr. 2011.

Two more great sites for kids to use to learn about copyright: [] []


 * __For Teachers:__**

This is a page you can print out with examples of how to cite books, websites and encyclopedias:

Here are some ** //websites for teachers// ** to use to determine "Fair Use" for using works in their classroom:

http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

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This is a website that has links to copyright friendly images and other kinds of works for people to use.

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Purdue University's writing website. If you have a question about styles of writing and ways to cite sources, this is the place to be!

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This is an educator's guide to copyright issues and "Fair Use" policies.

This is a link to Ms. Sloggett’s "delicious" list of copyright web pages.
 * __Ms. Sloggett’s Resources__:**

This is a link to the OSU Children's Materials Library wiki regarding copyright issues.

http://okschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/Citing+Your+Sources

This is Ms. Sloggett’s teaching Power Point: