Looking for images? Four basic questions to ask yourself
1. What do I need the image for? (private study, essay, presentation)
2. Where is the best quality image to be found? (galleries and image databases)
3. Which websites have most trustworthy? (institutional websites such as galleries, museums or universities are to be recommended)
4. Do I have permission to use the image? (Check the terms and conditions of use on the host site)
Resizing images for your essay or project
The image properties are measured in pixels (picture elements per inch) for example 64 x 48 is a small image, 640 x 480 is a medium size image and 6400 x 4800 is a large image. Increasing the size of a small digital image will result in a blurry or pixelated image. It is easier to reduce the size of a larger digital image than to increase a smaller one.
Note that all images you find online are not free to use so check the terms and conditions of use on the site. If you are allowed to use that image for private study or for your project work it is important to reference it in much the same way as you would reference a textual source.
Referencing images in your essay or project
From the Web
artist: title of work. date; gallery or museum, city [online source]. [date of site] URL: site address found in address bar [date of site access]. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, a string of code making up the website address, for example, http://www.wga.hu/art/r/raphael/3umbtrip/37entom.jpg
Raphael: The Entombment (The Deposition) 1507; Galleria Borghese, Rome [World Wide Web search interface]. [2009] URL: http://www.wga.hu/art/r/raphael/3umbtrip/37entom.jpg [15 Oct 2009].
From a text
Raphael: The Entombment (The Deposition) 1507; Galleria Borghese, Rome (in, followed by the name of the author, date of publication, page and/or illustration number). Remember to include the citation as a reference in your bibliography.
