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Grade 9 - Earth Systems: Finding and Citing Images

Tips

1. Keep track of all the images you use. Have a folder in your Bookmarks or make a table in googledocs like this one:

Image Source Citation
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Components_of_the_Cryosphere.tif

Components of the Cryosphere, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, Wikimedia Commons, 2011, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Components_of_the_Cryosphere.tif

 

2. When making a video, place a caption citation (description, creator, location, date, URL) at the bottom of each image in the video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


A tour of the Antarctic cryosphere from Michael Studinger and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Wikimedia Commons, 2016,<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Tour_of_the_Antarctic_Cryosphere_NASA.jpg>.

 

 

3. When using a Creative Commons image, provide an attribution beneath the photo. Provide a description, the creator, and the license.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




"Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt" by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is licensed under CC by 2.0

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Citing Images in MLA