Images - Finding and Using Images Ethically
United States Government Image Resources
American Memory from the Library of Congress*
Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives
CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) Photo Library
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Online Catalog
MedPix (National Library of Medicine)
National Park Service (NPS) Digital Image Archive
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Photo Library
U.S. Dept. of Defense Multimedia/Photos
U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center: Earth resources observation systems
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library*
Yellowstone National Park Digital Slide File
General Image Resources
Art Work Photographs*
Databases (Resource Restricted to Truman Network)
Credo Reference* Limit your search to "Image Search"
EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete Click on more, then images.
Compilation Image Resources
Wikimedia Commons: Free Media Resources/Photography
Selected Library Image Resources
Manuscripts and Archives Digital Image Database (MADID), Yale University*
New York Public Library, Digital Collections
Perseus Project, Tufts University*
University of North Texas Libraries. World War Poster Collection
Image Search Engines
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Bing Images Search Creative Commons Search |
Google
Images Search Picsearch |
Yahoo Images Search | |
Copyrignt & Fair Use Resources
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials/ University of Texas System
NOTE: Please note that while these links will assist you in locating many public domain images, they will also lead to images that have copyright/use restrictions. It is the individual user's responsibility to ascertain any restrictions on the use of any images prior to use of said images. Check licenses, terms of use, copyright statements and FAQs for each web resource to help you determine how you may ethically and legally utilize the images you find. Regardless of whether a still or moving image is in the public domain, made available through Creative Commons licensing or whether permission to use an image has been granted by the copyright holder, it is the responsiblility of the user to provide proper attribution for each image used. Pickler Memorial Library at Truman State University does not endorse any website and is not responsible for the misuse of any image or information made accessible through listed web resources.
Prepared by C. Rose, Assistant Professor & Technical Services Librarian, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo.
* Links added by Carol Lockhart, Reference Librarian, Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo.