How do I give proper attribution for Creative Commons licensed material?

If you use a work licensed under one of the six Creative Commons licenses, the proper way to provide credit when you are making a verbatim use is (unless the licensor indicates otherwise):
To keep intact any copyright notices for the Work;
Credit the author, licensor and/or other parties (such as a wiki or journal) in the manner they specify; and state the title of the Work; the URL for the work if provided; and The URL for the specific license the work is provided under.

An example if you were giving attribution to a photo from Greg Grossmeier:

• "Copyright Camp" by Greg Grossmeier from http://www.flickr.com/photos/grggrssmr/4846187035/, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Note: It is fine to use hyperlinks instead of writing out the full URL if space is a concern.
Additionally, if you are making a derivative of a work you need to include a statement indicating that your work is a derivative and you are not the author of the original work.
All Creative Commons licenses require attribution, so be sure to make a note of the author name, a URL where you found the work, and also the specific license that the work is licensed under in all cases.

Example attribution methods for various media types.

For all of the below examples it is best to use the standard attribution form as outlined above.

• Text Document or Webpage: It is customary to put a works cited or bibliography at the end of a work. This is a fine location to put attributions when using textual work just like you would other citations.If you are using an image within a document it is best to put the attribution information in the caption of the image.

• Video: Many videos and movies include a credits section at the end and this is the logical location for a list of attribution notices for other works used such as audio or video clips.

• Audio: If the audio file is something that would aesthetically allow an audio statement of the attributions at the end (such as a podcast) then simply reading aloud the suggested information from the Text Document example for each work is suggested. If the audio file would be harmed from such an addition (such as a normal-length song) then making sure to include the attribution information in any description of when you post the file online is recommended.Page maintained by Melissa Smith Levine/ Last modified: 10/08/2015