Step 1, start here:
Gives the conditions for sharing & explains the license types.

Step 2: You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution: brief how-to.

Step 3, here are good (and not so good) examples of attribution.

This is the best!
1. Enter your search term/s in the box, e.g., Tasmania
2. Choose license/s
3. Use left menu for other limits to narrow results

Images and audio files that are openly licensed (Creative Commons or Public Domain)

from GVSU Libraries Subject Guide for Photography

From University of Washington Bothell Campus Library

APA, MLA, Chicago; reproducing photos in figures; Q&A; from wikiHow

from Citation Machine

APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, from wikiHow

Developed by The DIAGRAM Center (Digital Image And Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials), the Poet Training Tool is a web-based image description resource that helps people learn when and how to describe various types of images. Best practice guidelines and hands-on exercises help cultivate skills for writing effective image descriptions for critical visual content.

Citing online material with MLA: websites, articles, images, social media, videos, comments

GVSU Libraries: Scholarly Communications explanations and checklist

GVSU Libraries: Scholarly Communications explanations

GVSU Libraries: Scholarly Communications links

A visual guide to obtaining copyright, using creative commons, public domain, or fair use

guide to copyright, fair use, creative commons, public domain