Note:  The Firefox Web browser offers a built-in option for searching Creative Commons. To see how it works, view this short video.

To set up Internet Explorer to search for Creative Commons-licensed material automatically, follow these steps:

1. In Internet Explorer, pull up the Yahoo! Creative Commons search utility (http://search.yahoo.com/cc), type the word TEST into the search field, and click Search CC (see below).

 2. After you click Search CC, a search results page similar to the one below appears. In the search results page, head to the search field and drag your cursor to highlight the entire URL; then press the Ctrl key down and keep it down while you press the letter C.  (Doing so copies the contents of the search field.)

3. Open a new browser window. Then head to the upper right corner of the browser window and click the down arrow you see next to the search options.  From the drop-down list that appears, choose Find More Providers (see below).

4. After you choose Find More Providers, the window you see below appears. Click in the text field next to option #3; then hold down the Ctrl key while you press V.  (Doing so pastes the previously copied URL).  Type in a name for the Creative Commons search function (below, you see the name CC Search) and click Install.

5. Now, by default, whenever you search in Internet Explorer you’re searching for Creative Commons-licensed materials (see below).