Give Credit Where Credit is Due
Citing at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Your first stop for citing guidelines on The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale campus should be:
1. Give Credit Where Credit is Due Document
2. Getty Images Giving Credit Document
Instructors may ask you to use a specific citation style. In most cases this will be the MLA style. Some good resources for using MLA are:
1. The Citation Machine - Create your MLA citation using a fill-in-the blank form.
2. Knight Cite - Create your MLA citation using a fill-in-the-blank form
3. The Owl at Purdue - Includes how to cite images.
4. The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison - Gives examples of MLA citations
NOTE: Many of our subscription web resources include the MLA citation for the articles and images they contain. Ask us to show you how to get them!
Do I need to get permission to use this image, clip, etc?
While proper credit and disclaimers must always be used in educational assignments, projects and graduating portfolios, the INTENT of each project will determine whether or not PERMISSION must be obtained. Click here to watch a short clip that explains when it is necessary to obtain permission to use another's piece of work in a project.
