Tips
For more information try one of the following:
- Finding Images on the Web
A series of web pages by Ruth S. Thomas of Boston University that deal with the complexities of locating imgages and obtaining permission to use them. - Public Domain Images Resources
A list of sources for images that are in the public domain. List is maintained by Wikipedia.
Pictures and Images (Still Images)
A good picture goes a long way toward making your paper or presentation more interesting and understandable. You should always assume that any image you find on the web carries copyright restrictions, unless it is clearly indicated as being in the public domain or otherwise freely available, and you should check with the owner of an image before using it in papers or presentations if you have doubts about its copyright status. This is especially true if you intend to make your paper or presentation publicly available outside of class, e.g. as a web page or printed document. You should always properly credit the source for any image you use regardless of its origin or copyright status. See separate box below for sources of video images.
- ARTstor
- Associated Press Photo Archive
- Ditto
- Flickr
- Fotosearch - Stock Photography and Stock Footage
- Google Image Search
- Historical Image Collection - Smithsonian Institution
- Images from the History of Medicine
- Library of Congress American Memory Project
- Life Magazine Image Archive
- Live Search - Images
- NASA Visible Earth
- National Portrait Gallery (London)
- NOAA Photo Library
- Science and Society Photo Library
- Science Image Online
- Science Photo Library
- Structurae
- UVa Library Digital Repository Image Collections
Pictures and Images (Video)
See the box above for information on sources of still images.
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