Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: RAMP 2022: Week 3

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Citation Image

"Do I Need to Cite This?" by tengrrl is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Image Searching

ARTstor
Find high resolution art images from libraries, museums, and private collections
As of August 1, 2024, Artstor content is now hosted on JSTOR. Users can download and save images. To save images, users can create a free account. To download images, no account is needed.

Creative Commons Image Search
Search Creative Commons for images marked for reuse. Pay close attention to the "licenses" filter to determine the rules of reuse for each image.
Google Image Search
Google offers an enormous selection of images; however, not all of these images are free of restrictions. Be sure to modify the "Usage Rights" filter to limit your search only to graphics labeled for reuse.
Pexels
Another collection of free to use images.
Pixabay
This site offers a collection of over 1 million images (and videos) available for download free of copyright restrictions. You can view the full licensing terms here: https://pixabay.com/service/license/
Unsplash
A collection of thousands of freely-usable images.

Citing Images

Citing Images in MLA
via Excelsior Online Writing Lab
Departmental Citation Style Guidelines

Finding and using Statistical Information

Academic Search Ultimate
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Offers scholarly journal articles in science and technology, the arts, medicine, education and more. Content covers nearly all academic disciplines. Includes peer−reviewed and full-text sources, as well as 75,000 videos from the Associated Press.
*This is an upgraded product, replacing Academic Search Complete. If you have any questions or would like a demo of this product, please contact the Library.*
NYTimes.com
Access national and international news, opinion pieces, reports, reviews, and more with access to the New York Times online. Subscription includes access to the New York Times Digital edition for all WIT faculty, staff, and students. Coverage is from 1851 to date, with some exceptions. Access to archived articles within the date range 1923-1980 is limited. Does not include Crosswords and Times Insider.
- New users: create a NYT account with your WIT email address.
- Existing users: sign-in with your credentials or renew your access (faculty/staff will need to renew every four years).
- Off-campus users: sign-up or sign-in using existing credentials.
Statista
A statistical data and research platform that consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.
Statista has a suite of tutorials on their YouTube. Check them out to assist you.
- Statista Tutorials
ProQuest US Newsstream
Search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. Includes full-text of The Boston Globe (1980 - present).
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni, the successor of LexisNexis Academic, provides full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources.
The outstanding news coverage includes deep archives and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language news services. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations service for all federal and state court cases 1789-present.

RefWorks: Managing Your Research & Citations

RefWorks
RefWorks is a citation management tool you can use to generate in-text citations and bibliographies for your papers and projects.

See our RefWorks Guide for more information.
Users must create a free account to access this resource.
- To create an account, choose the “create account” button and enter your WIT email address and a password of your choice
- Please visit https://library.wit.edu/guides/refworks for additional information about this resource and for tips on using it successfully.

Sign Up for RefWorks
Don't have a RefWorks account yet? If you are a Wentworth student, faculty or staff member, create a RefWorks account here using your Wentworth email address.