In addition to your city website and books about your city, the following may be good sources of images.
Google Images can be a great place to go if you want to get some idea of what sorts of images are out there, but it may be difficult to find an image that is big enough and with high enough resolution. It's possible to find that the perfect image, with little or no use restrictions, so give it a try!
Image Search: Use Advanced Image Search to find an exact size, color or type of photo or drawing.
Use the tools on the left to filter your search by subject, to include only photos with faces or to clip art, to limit by size, date of upload, and more.
For more options, click on the gear link for advanced search. It uploads your search terms and settings and gives you more options, including the option of setting copyright licensing limits.
Look for books of architecture, art, and urban environments in the Holman Library.
Type in your city name (or step back and search for the state/country) as Subject.
See what you find by adding the search term pictorial or images or photographs or art or architecture, etc.
Limit to Books.
Under Fair Use Guidelines, you may...
and you may not...
Find images in the public domain or licensed for reuse: |
A view of one of our local cities: Tacoma
Just as you would always provide in-text citation information for copied text, you must for images and photographs!
According to the OWL at Purdue, you should include the following information:
Name of image creator, A. A. (Year images was made). Title of image in italics [medium of image - i.e file type]. Retrieved from http://.....
Fig. 8. Topinka, L. [USGS/ Cascades Volcano Observatory]. (1984). Mount Rainier over Tacoma, Washington, USA. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington#mediaviewer/File:Mount_Rainier_over_Tacoma.jpg