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 This link opens in a new window
Find high resolution art images from libraries, museums, and private collections

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
WIT Departmental Citation Guidelines
This page details the citation guidelines for each academic department at Wentworth. Visit this page for image citation guidelines.

Finding and using Statistical Information

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers scholarly journal articles in science and technology, the arts, medicine, education and more. Includes peer−reviewed and full-text sources, as well as 75,000 videos from the Associated Press.
NYTimes.com This link opens in a new window
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 must create a NYT account. Existing accounts must be renewed: Renew NYT Subscription.
Off-campus registration.
Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistical data and research platform that consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.
ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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.

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.