AiFL_Citing Your Sources  

Do I need to get permission to use this image, clip, etc?

While proper credit and disclaimers must always be used in educational assignments, projects and graduating portfolios, the INTENT of each project will determine whether or not PERMISSION must be obtained. Click here to watch a short clip that explains when it is necessary to obtain permission to use another's piece of work in a project.

Instructors may ask you to use a specific citation style. In most cases this will be the MLA style. Some good resources for using MLA are:

1. The Citation Machine - Create your MLA citation using a fill-in-the blank form.

2. Knight Cite - Create your MLA citation using a fill-in-the-blank form

3. The Owl at Purdue - Includes how to cite images.

4. The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison - Gives examples of MLA citations

5. OpenAttribute - a browser plugin for citing Creative Commons content

6. Bib Me -The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited page.

NOTE: Many of our eResources include the MLA citation for the articles and images they contain. Ask us to show you how to get them!