Britannica ImageQuest LIS 568

As students begin to realize they cannot just simply take and use photos from Google without citing and giving the appropriate credit to its creator, they soon realize they should find an alternative media searching application to find media.  In a previous post I discussed the benefits of Photosforclass and Pixabay, however I would like to share a more private application called Britannica ImageQuest.  Within the district that I work at students have access to Britannica ImageQuest from elementary to high school.  Whether students are at an elementary school, the middle school, or the high school, students must log in with a username and password (different at each school).  Personally, I find that the username and password log in at the different levels as a positive aspect, as we can be sure that students are being provided with images that are suitable to their level.  Furthermore, through conversation with our library media specialist I have been told that the librarians have the power to pick and choose what is implemented into the database!  Thus, if you would like some say as a classroom teacher, I advise you become friends with the library media specialist!

Britannica ImageQuest provides its users with many functions.  Each image has a title and description of what the image is representing.  Users can easily give credit and cite each image through the cite function, which provides multiple formats of citations (APA, MLA, etc.).  By providing users with a citation, it is very easy for students to give credit to their work as copying and pasting a citation into a work cited page is extremely simple.  Users are able to add images to their GoogleDrive and download images to their digital device.  My students are able to download and save images straight to their iPad’s camera roll when creating projects.  Britannica ImageQuest also allows users to quickly share and print such images as well.  Where I find Photosforclass and Pixabay to be great resources for students, if your school district is able to provide Britannica ImageQuest I highly recommend adding such applications to your students’ repertoire of educational tools!