Understanding Creative Commons

Creative Commons gives creators a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work.

Details for Using Creative Commons Licensed Works

Understand the types of Creative Commons licenses
Scroll to the Commons Deed (also known as the “human readable” version of the license), a handy user-friendly interface reference summarizing important terms and conditions.
Creative Commons— Best practices for attribution
You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. This article includes good (and not so good) examples of attribution.
Creative Commons— License Versions
Compare license versions.
Attributing Creative Commons Materials
The CC Australian team developed this helpful guide to attributing works in different formats.
Creative Commons FAQs
This contains basic and detailed information.
Creative Commons License Creator Tool
Search reliable sources for creative works including media, images, video, audio, music, web.
Creative Commons Search
Search reliable sources for creative works including media, images, video, audio, music, web.

Research in-depth information from other external sources in Resources.

Search these multiple sources to Locate Usable Work — text, images, videos, and audio.