Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Finding images tutorial (section)

== Check government sources ==
Works by United States Federal Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. An easy way to find such images is to search with the restriction to ''[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=site%3A.gov+OR+site%3A.mil site:.gov OR site:.mil]''. Again, be creative and vary your search terms. Not all images on the [[.gov]] or [[.mil]] sites are public domain, however: works by local state governments are not necessarily in the public domain. In case of doubt, ask. You're on the safe side if you can find a public domain notice that says something along the line of: <br>
<div class="center">''In general, information presented on this web site, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by law.''</div>

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In the case of the Stetson, there would be quite a lot of results in the search for ''[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Stetson*++OR+ten-gallon+OR+cowboy+site%3A.mil+OR+site%3A.gov Stetson* OR ten-gallon OR cowboy site:.mil OR site:.gov]''. Of course, some are not related to hats. A nice example would be [https://web.archive.org/web/20041105205652/http://pao.hood.army.mil/1CD_2-8Cav/images/stetson1.gif this] photo. Checking the copyright status we look on the front page [http://www.hood.army.mil/ http://www.hood.army.mil/] and find a link at the bottom [http://www.hood.army.mil/fthood/misc/security.htm Security Notice] that says: ''Information presented on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.'' Now you're all clear to use the photo.
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