THEA 321 Fops to Fashionistas

Items used in Omeka exhibits should be in compliance with US Copyright Law.
Check the Finding and Using Online Images Ethically Research Guide for more info on copyright and finding images online.

Whenever possible, use images that are in the public domain or published with a Creative Commons License

About CC Licenses

The “Rights” field in Items should have the following text, then your citation:

These images are for educational use only.
Citation: 

MLA Citation

Start with the artist, then italicize the title of the work. Date of photo. Add the collection the photo is from. Add the website title and URL. 
Example: 
Eppridge, Bill. Woodstock. 1969. The LIFE Picture Collection, Getty Images. History. https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/woodstock.
 

Creative Commons License

If the image you are using is published with a Creative Commons License, use this citation format.
TASL

• Title: with link to your image
• Author: with link to author, if available
• Source: with link to original source (ie Flickr, etc)
• License: with link to the license deed

Example: Example of Creative Commons citation

“Furggelen afterglow” by Lukas Schlagenhauf is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. 

MLA citations for images

MLA citations should be constructed with the bib elements in this order

1. Intellectual contributors: Creator (Author, Composer, Photographer, etc.), Editor, Arranger, Compiler, Translator, etc…
2. Title, Title of Journal, etc. 
3. Edition, Volume
4. Publisher
5. Place of Publication
6. Year of Publication
7. Location
8. Pagination
9. URL address or doi (digital object identifier)

Photo:

Start with the artist, then italicize the title of the work. Date of photo. Add the collection the photo is from. Add the website title and URL.

Eppridge, Bill. Woodstock. 1969. The LIFE Picture Collection, Getty Images. History. https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/woodstock.