LibGuides: Creative Commons: Attribution

Attribution Best Practices

If you are reusing CC licensed content from others, you'll want to make sure you provide proper attribution. Ideal attribution includes the title of the work, the author, a link to the source, the type of CC license, and a link to the CC license.

Think TASL - Title, Author, Source, License

Here are a couple examples of attribution.

Attribution for an image

"Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" by tvol is licensed under CC-BY-2.0

Attribution for a derivative image

This work, "Peach Golden", is a modified color version of "Golden Retriever" by Rob Kleine, released with a CC-BY-NC license. "Peach Golden" is released under a CC-BY-NC license by Colleen Lyon.

Creative Commons Best Practices for Attribution
Creative Commons wiki with information about providing attribution - including attribution from multiple sources.
Open Attribution Builder
Tool from Open Washington that semi-automates the process of creating an attribution.
Attribution Generator
Developed specifically for Wikimedia content. Cut and paste your URL, answer a few questions, and it will generate a citation for you.