Use and citation of media in online formats

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Information on how to cite media in Wordpress or Canvas from work from the public domain

Images

Materials that you can post online

  • Your original works of authorship to which you hold a copyright.
  • Works in the public domain.
  • Copyrighted articles and materials that you have received written permission to use.
  • Materials with a creative commons license provided you follow the author's licensing requests

All creative commons citations should include the same information

  • Title of image
  • Creator name
  • Source of image (url)
  • Copyright information included with the image (i.e. watermark)
  • CC license information (if possible link back to CC documentation page)

Databases

  • (I.E. Flickr Wikimedia Commons Getty Images)
  • Check terms of use
  • If there are no specific citation requirements usually just the link to the image page and its corresponding database is fine
  • At minimum make sure to cite Creator, Image, Title, Source
  • If the image is from a print or electronic publication you include Creator, Title, Source

Example

Bunny in the grass.
                                                                                                            swampcat1934   
                                                                                                            Lisensed under CC0
                                                                                                            Bunny1002846_640.jpg
                                                                                                            Pixabay  
                                                                                                  

Video

The process of citing videos found online (i.e. Youtube) is slightly different than citing images or other media

Youtube

In Text


If possible create a small reference list at the bottom of the page or post with the video citied in MLA or APA style

MLA

  • Last Name, First Name, Or Username. "Title of the Video" title of the site. Name of Publisher, Day Month Year of publication. Medium. Day Month Year of access

APA

  • Author, A.A. [Screen name]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video File]. Retrieved from http://youtube.com

Streaming Video(i.e. Vimeo)

In Text

  • The short film Alike (Daniel Martinez Lara & Rafa Cano Mendez 2016) received the award for best animation short film for 2016 from the Goya Awards and the Mundos Digitales

Reference


MLA