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Col­our­box

Im­age data­base with more than 24 mil­lion im­ages, il­lus­tra­tions and videos. CBS stu­dents and em­ploy­ees can down­load up to 30 im­ages per month for study and teach­ing pur­poses.

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Facts

Coverage
24+ million images, illustrations and videos
Access
Campus + remote access - (registration needed for access)
Provider
Col­our­box

Easy ac­cess to im­ages and il­lus­tra­tions

Colourbox is an extensive image database that includes images, graphics and videos. The library has purchased a school licence that allows lecturers and students at CBS to download up to 30 images per month for study-related and teaching purposes.

What is meant by study-related and teaching use?

Study-related use covers situations where students include images, vectors or videos in assignments related to their programme. Teaching use covers situations where lecturers use images, vectors or videos in lectures, presentations, course material and similar activities.

If an assignment, presentation or article is sold or published outside the educational institution, it no longer counts as study-related or teaching use. In that case, the user must buy the rights to the image, vector or video in the same way as any other commercial user
(from Colourbox FAQ)

Employees other than lecturers

Other employees may also use images for work-related purposes. However, SLK and similar functions are subject to specific rules regarding the use of images for marketing and publication. If in doubt, please contact Lotte Risbæk Thomsen 

Your first time using Colourbox

To download images, you need to create a Colourbox account.
You must use the “education key”, which is available on my.cbs.dk and CBSshare.

Once you have created an account using the key, you can log in via www.colourbox.dk

Stock vs. editorial use

Your searches automatically include only stock images. These are the images you are allowed to crop and edit. If you find images marked “Editorial use only”, please note that they may be used solely for news media and must not be altered.

How many downloads do I have left?

You can at any time see how many downloads you have left for the month. Click your name to open the overview.

Link to Col­our­box

Once you have cre­ated an ac­count with the key, you can use this link.
Link to Colourbox

Re­mem­ber to cite

How the ref­er­ence should look

When you use someone else’s im­ages in your as­sign­ments, the cre­at­or must be cred­ited. Our APA Libguide shows you how to format the ref­er­ence in your ref­er­ence list.

About citing images