LibGuides: Resources For Teachers: Useful Links and Databases

Useful Links for Teachers

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Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines

Copyright and Fair Use: Copyright in the Classroom (Lisa Hopkins, University Copyright Specialist, Texas A&M University; Updated 8/11/2021)

The Educator's Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons (Sue Waters and Ronnie Burt, The Edublogger; Updated 8/24/2021)

Images for Educational Purposes (a research guide created and maintained by Joan Hopkins, Instructional Librarian, Benedictine University; Updated 8/24/2020)

PBS Series on Copyright for Educators (Video series designed to help educators learn about Fair Use and what they can and can't do within the category of "Teaching" in the Copyright Act.)

Teaching Students to Legally Use Images Online (Jennifer Gonzalez, Cult of Pedagogy)

A Teacher's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use (Karen Lagola, Edutopia; Updated March 22, 2021)

Updated 12/15/2021

Images and School Projects

Can my students use images they find on the internet?

Teaching Students to Legally Use Images Online
By Jennifer Gonzalez for the website Cult of Pedagogy, Nov. 13,2017. "...the internet is absolutely teeming with images students can grab and use in a matter of seconds. But in most cases, they SHOULD NOT GRAB. Despite the fact that these images are easy to get, using them may be illegal."

Encourage your students to use the library's image database Britannica ImageQuest.

Images in other library subscription databases may also be used.

Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
Access millions of images which are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use. To cite an image, choose Database. Then choose the source type that most accurately describes your image (for example: Work of Visual Art OR Photo or Illustration OR Map or Chart).

Another good source for finding images is

Sources of Free Images to Use for Educational Purposes
By Med Karbach for the website Educational Technology and Mobile Learning, Jan.2, 2023.
"Before you use any of the materials provided in these websites (and any website for that matter), I recommend that you check their license requirement to make sure you are not inadvertently breaching any of their usage rules.
Also, make it a habitual practice for students to always check attribution rights and learn about the different types of Creative Commons Licenses out there."

Remind students that images must be cited! The general rule is to cite the image at the bottom of the slide on which it appears.

Taft Online Subscription Databases for Educators

ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
NOTE: Citations can be exported to NoodleTools.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education This link opens in a new window
ORE Education comprehensively covers both emerging and foundational topics in education studies.Spanning education globally, articles are authoritative, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated entries written by experts from many different methodological and theoretical approaches.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Professional Development Collection is a highly specialized database containing hundreds of full-text high-quality education journals especially for educators.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
A complimentary Ebsco research database for teachers, TRC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.