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16.3. Using Advanced Search to avoid Copyright Violations with Creative Common Licensing

Directions: There are four options to view the resources below: try it, view it, watch it, or print it. Click the drop down menu titled "Try-It Interactive" to select your preferred viewing method. Then, click start.


7 STEPS

1. Use google to search for your desired topic, image, site, etc, then click Settings.

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2. Click Advanced search

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3. Scroll down to usage rights and click the all drop down menu.

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4. Click Creative Commons licenses to limit search results to only show those without copyright protections. Creative Commons is a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work".  

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5. Click Advanced Search

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6. Your search results (including images) will now be limited to only those which are protected under Creative Commons Licensing.

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7. That's it. You're done. Thank you for practicing good digital citizenship!

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1737008/Google-Search---Using-Advanced-Search-to-avoid-Copyright-Violations-with-Creative-Common-Licensing


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