Research Guides: Finding Creative Commons Content: Welcome

Creative Commons Licensing 101

Most Open Educational Resources have Creative Commons licenses, which allows you to use the content freely- but there are some requirements to be mindful of. Watch for these different types of restrictions:

BY
Attribution: all creative commons licenses require that you give credit to the content creator.
ND
No Derivatives: some licenses do not let you modify the content you reuse.
SA
Share Alike: some licenses require that you adopt the same license restrictions when you reuse content.
NC
Non-Commercial: some licenses do not allow reuse for commercial ventures (most educational use at HSU is not commercial). more info