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Images--How to Find, Use and Cite

Using Images

Most images found in print material or on the Internet are copyright protected. In some cases, permission to use images may be available under a license or subscription, or under an exception in the Copyright Act. Where no license, subscription or other agreement authorizes use, and when no exception applies, permission from the copyright owner is required.

"Images" includes paintings, prints, photographs, diagrams, drawings, maps, charts and plans.