How do I properly use pictures, and poems for history research paper?

Hello,





I am almost finished with my history paper. It is twenty pageg long, but its lacking some serious appeal. We were encouraged to use pictures. How would I include these without being sued? Could I just put them all in the back of the paper?

How do I properly use pictures, and poems for history research paper?
MLA) How do I cite an image, photograph or work of art?








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If you are citing an image within an online image database (e.g., Corbis, American Memory), where the image is not retrieved as part of a publication (like an online newspaper or magazine), use the "Painting, Sculpture or Photograph" citation form, select "online" as the publication medium, and then indicate whether the photograph is a work of art (the original appears in a museum or collection) or if it is a documentary photograph (usually attributed to a separate copyright holder). An image may appear within a Web site like Corbis or Getty Images (give "Corbis" or "Getty Images" as the name of the Web site and provide a link to the photograph preview when possible). If the image appears on a Web page that is not part of a larger image database and you did not read or use the other material on that Web page, you can cite the image separately as described above. If you did make use of other material on the Web page, cite the Web page as a whole in your Works Cited list and then refer to the specific image in-text.





To cite an image from the AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive database, please click here for instructions specific to that database (if you want to create a citation that matches the example citation given by that database).





If you are citing the original painting, sculpture, or photograph, use the "Painting, Sculpture or Photograph" citation form. You will be asked for information on where that artwork is housed (e.g. a museum or the name or owner of a private collection).





If you are citing a reproduction of an original work of art in a secondary source, you can either (a) select the type of publication (e.g. book, magazine) and choose "A photograph of a work of art" when asked what specific content you are citing, or (b) select "Painting, Sculpture or Photograph" as the citation type, identify the secondary source type on the following screen under "But your source may also be..." and then choose "A photograph of a work of art" when asked about the specific content type. If you are not sure if this is a reproduction of an original artwork, check the picture's caption for an artist's name or copyright owner (e.g. Getty Images), and other copyright information such as the size of the original artwork.





If you are citing an image, illustration, or documentary photograph that is attributed to a separate copyright holder and appears within a book or periodical (for example, a photograph in a New York Times Online article that shows that Getty Images is the content provider), follow the directions above for a work of art in a secondary source but answer "A documentary photograph or illustration" to the question about what specific material you are citing. Note that if you use content from the article in the periodical or section of the book as well as the image itself, you should cite the entire article or section in your Works Cited list, and then refer to the image in-text if necessary.





If you use an image, photograph or illustration created for and original to a book, magazine or other publication, then we recommend* that you cite the publication and refer to the image in a parenthetical reference. An example is an illustration in a picture book or a photograph taken by the author of a magazine article. *This case is not specifically covered in the MLA Handbook.





If you are citing a photograph that you took yourself follow the format below(note that this is not currently an available citation type in NoodleBib):





[Subject of photo]. Personal photograph by author. [Date photo was taken].





For example:


Pescadero Beach at sunset. Personal photograph by author. 18 Aug. 2003.





Freely-available graphics and clip art do not need to be cited or referenced.
Reply:If the paper is not being published and you are not making any money from it, I seriously doubt anyone is going to be suing you over it. Be sure to give credit to the source where you got the picture or poem from.





As to where to place them, any chance you can insert a page with pictures and poems related to what you are talking about near the page where its talked about? That way it breaks the reading up a bit and gives your reader a break.