Lund University have access to Britannica Image Quest - an image library with almost three million images from top international collections, rights-cleared for educational use. Each photo or illustration comes with complete metadata, including the source, the copyright holder, a caption, and keywords
Use of Images from Image Quest
Images within ImageQuest are rights cleared for educational, non-commercial usage, and are not to be resold, reproduced or retransmitted for commercial gain. You may not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary notices or legends. All usage should include reference to the source. Full citation and credit can be found at each image and should be included. Here are practical examples of how the pictures in ImageQuest can be used by authorized users (registered students and staff) at Lund University:
The licence only covers usage for university related activities witihin and for other Lund University users; personal research and enjoyment ; In project or home work ; In presentations including big screen rolling presentations ; In internal promotional materials for authorized users or library ; For non-commercial use on internal websites (by authorized users, or library).
Please note: If you want to reproduce or use content for any purpose or in any manner other than as described above, you will need Britannica's permission. Requests should be directed to this syndication form and you do this yourself, not via your library. Any costs are financed by the person asking for the permission, the library does not co-finance in any way.
| Name | Britannica Image Quest |
| Publisher/Provider | Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |
| Subjects included | |
| Type of resource | An online library of images - photos, illustrations, pictures etc |
| Fulltext format | Images |
| Accessibility | Via IP address |
| Login authentication required | No, not on LU-campus. If you are off-campus you will be prompted to login via LU's Central Authentication Service (CAS) with a Student Account or LUCAT-ID. |
| Number of concurrent users | Multiple concurrent access (multiple people reading at the same time) |
| Download required | No |
| Must be borrowed | No |
| Number of days for download | - - |
| Download and read offline | |
| Download to a portable device | |
| Copying | See General information |
| Printing? | See General information |
| Text to speech | No |
| Export references | Yes, citations can be exported. |
| Export formats | MLA, APA, Harvard, Chicago Manual of Style |
| How do I suggest a purchase | Students and staff: Please contact your faculty library. Librarians: Se Förvärv av elektroniska resurser för mer info. |
| Restrictions | Walk-in users: Users not affiliated with Lund University may be permitted access to Britannica Image Quest, but only within the physical premises of Lund University Libraries from designated terminals. Course Packs: Material from Britannica Image Quest may not be used to assemble a print course pack, but you can create a link to the item instead. |
| Interlibrary loan / Fjärrlån | No |
| Text and Data Mining (TDM) Policy | |
| Miscellaneous: | |