Content with a Creative Commons license is free to download, adapt, distribute, and transmit without having to ask permission, depending on the license. You may only be able to use the content for educational purposes, you may have to give attribution, etc. Always be sure to check the exact terms of the license before using an image. Below are some of the types of licenses. For more information, visit About CC Licenses.
Attribution: others can use the work however they like, so long as they give credit
No Derivative Work: other can copy, display, or perform your work, but it must be verbatim
Non-Commercial: other can use your work, but for non-commercial purposes only
Share Alike: others can distribute derivative works, but only under the same terms as the original license
These sites also search Creative Commons licensed images:
Citing Creative Commons Images/Materials
Best practices for citing CC licensed materials. Includes samples of correct and incorrect citations.
As a general rule, include Title, Author, Source and License.
When doing a Google image search, you MUST open the TOOLS menu.
Select Usage Rights > Labeled for Reuse
Not sure where the photo came from originally?
Make sure you know the original source and whether or not you can use the image. Do a reverse image search in Google.
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From: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1325808?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en