Subject & Study Guides: Creative Commons (CC): Attributing CC Material

Attributing CC-licensed works

Whenever you use a Creative Commons item, you must include an attribution. There is no one right way to do this, it depends on the medium and types of material you are using. You need to include the author, title, CC licence and a link to the original. You can either name the CC Licence or download the CC licence button.

The links below give more information and some sample attributions:

How to give attribution- Creative Commons
Scroll down to see a note about how to give attribution
Best practices for attribution
Examples of different forms of attribution, including short versions. Also includes how to attribute video and audio materials.
Infographic: How to attribute Creative Commons Photos
An infographic that summarises how to use and attribute CC photos.

Open Attribution Builder

Open Attribution Builder
A useful tool that will help you to create an attribution for CC material

Attributing images - an example

"Spinny, Spiney Kite" by Jeff Rozema is licensed under CC BY 2.0

This is one example of how to attribute photos. For more examples, have a look at the links on the left.

APA 7th Referencing for CC images

APA 7th Referencing for images
The 7th edition of APA Referencing gives a format for referencing a CC image. For some academic work this format will be required. please check with your lecturer.