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Finding Images: General Images

This guide offers some places to find images with an emphasis on free to use or limited copyright restrictions.

General Images

cat and dog

photo by flickr photogramma1

 

bunny

morguefile image. attribution not required.

 

 

Other Sources

Image Research Guide authored by Jeannine Keefer, University of Richmond

Multimedia and images guide authored by Daniel Cornwall, Alaska State Library.

Finding Images at Boston College authored by Adeane Bregman. Includes many art history and scholarly image sources.

Images: a guide to finding visual resources authored by Kaila Bussert, Cornell University.

Unexpected Images authored by Kaila Bussert. Includes text-based and other "hidden" sources for images, including portraits, political cartoons, and ephemera.  Some of the resources may be limited to Cornell University.

Searchable Image Collections

Clip Art

Special Collections Image Examples

Girl With Insect

Photographer: David Lee
Date: c. 1977
Type: Photographic print
Summary: A child visiting the Orkin Insect Zoo located in the National Museum of Natural History with an insect on her shoulder
Persistent URL: siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_8777

Smithsonian Institution Public Domain Images

Image Search Engines

Selected Special Collections

Shared Shelf Commons

Browse special collections from participating institutions.  Some sample collections include:

Getty Search Gateway

search Getty collections.  Search Open Content for free to download images.

Library of Congress Digital Collections

Smithsonian Institution

U.S. Government Photos and Images

search government photos and images by topic, some in the public domain


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