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Citing Your Work

Learn how to cite your work, and discover tool to help you write and cite most efficiently.

BioRender

Create Your own Scientific Images

BioRender is a tool to create scientific images, icons, diagrams, and other visuals for use in research articles, presentations, or other scientific work.

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Copyright

About Copyright

“Copyright is a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression. In copyright law, there are a lot of different types of works…”

What is Copyright? U.S. Copyright Office. Accessed August 15, 2022. https://www.copyright.gov/what-is-copyright/

Copyrightable Works
Paintings Poems
Photographs Blog Posts
Illustrations Movies
Sound Recordings Architectural Works
Computer Programs Plays
Books (eBooks, too) and more!

Help

Use Copyrighted Works Responsibly

  • Get permission
  • Buy or license the work
  • Use Copyright Act exceptions and limitations
  • Public Domain
  • Use materials with copyright licenses that allow for reuse (see table below)

Use the table here to find images with licenses that allow for reuse or images that are free to reuse.

Copyright Notice Image Search Tools Free Collections
Creative Commons Licenses Creative Commons Image Search MS Office Stock Photos
Google Images > Tools > Usage Rights > Creative Commons licenses MDACC Brand Central
Pexels