Library: Public Domain, Creative Commons, and Other Online Resources: Images

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British Library Flickr
Over 1 million images from 17th, 18th, and 19th century books. Anyone can use, remix and repurpose. See also How to Search.
Creative Commons Search
DPLA: Digital Public Library of America
"DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format."
Flickr
A photo management website containing some free use images. Be sure the image you choose is part of the Creative Commons and that you abide by their License Agreements - this will usually mean giving credit to the creator of the image when used.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made all images of public-domain artworks in the Museum's collection available for free and unrestricted use. The 375,000 images can be searched through Creative Commons.
The New York Public Library Digital Collections
Over 600,000 items including prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. New materials added every day.
Open Content Program -- Getty Images
"The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required. "
Pixabay
"All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required."
Wikimedia Commons Images
"Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content... that [is] not subject to copyright restrictions which would prevent them being used by anyone, anytime, for any purpose."

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Using Google for Images

Google Images

Google Images allows you to search for images and narrow to a specific reuse permission. This can be a fast easy way to find images for a project. To do this, go to the Tools menu after you run your search, then select Usage Rights.

You have the following options for Usage Rights:

Labeled for reuse: Allows you to copy or redistribute its content if the content remains unchanged.
Labeled for reuse with modification: Allows you to copy, modify, or redistribute in ways specified in the license.
Labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification: Allows you to copy, modify, or redistribute only if it is for a noncommercial (i.e. nonprofit) purpose. Most educational use would fall into this category.
Labeled for noncommercial reuse: Allows you to copy or redistribute content that remains unchanged and only if it is for a noncommercial (i.e. nonprofit) purpose. Most educational use would fall into this category.

Using Your Own Media

If you are the creator and the copyright owner, great!

If you are posting or publishing photographs you have taken, get the written permission of the subjects. See the language in this sample Media Waiver.

Media Waiver

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