PHOTO+LINKS

Use this page to support you with your research.


 * __WEBSITE RESEARCH__ **

Remember 2 important facts when using the internet for research:

1) Not every website will be useful to you . Like anything else there will be good ones and not so good ones so you will need to use your [|research skills] to decide which sites to use. Remember our [|online safety rules] when carrying out your work. 2) Do not cut and paste information from a website. This is someone else's work and is called [|plagiarism]. This is illegal. Please put anything you find into your own words. Why not put a rough draft of what you want to say on your wiki page first and then go back and edit it whenever it suits you?


 * __PHOTO RESEARCH__ **

This is where it gets a bit tricky so you have to be very careful. Basically always try and use " copyright free images ". If you read the copyright rules, some sites want you to "credit the source" of the photo. This basically means tell people where you got it from. It means if they like it they know where to look for similar photos. 1) [|Wikimedia Commons] is a database of photos and other media which other people have contributed to. Use the blank white "search" box under the wiki commons logo to type in the subject you need. The rules telling you whether you need to mention who took the photo or not are on the same page as your picture. Just check this box for details and follow them. 2) [|Freefoto.com] is an online collection of photos. Just click on the orange search box to find a suitable image. Read the [|rules of use here] for this website. 3) [|Visipix.com] lets you download images providing you put the name of the owner and visipix.com below the photo. This website has a lot of fine art prints so if you are looking at Spanish artists, or works of art in local galleries you may find a copy of it here. 4) [|Learning Teaching Scotland] have a selection of photos you can use however remember to credit them back to LTS, as requested on the site. 5) You can credit the source of a photo by putting the details below the photo or even onto the photo itself by using [|roflbot], or a similar piece of software.

**__OTHER RESEARCH__** Before downloading any other types of files (eg sound, music or video), check you are within the rules. If not sure, always check with an adult as again, not all [|file sharing]sites are the best.

If in doubt, just ask.