Find Images

Find images for a paper or presentation using one of the websites or databases below.

Before you use an image, check the usage rights. Some sites require that you ask permission to use images, while others do not as long as you use the images for educational purposes and give credit to the creator.

When you create a PowerPoint presentation, the Bing image search results have a Creative Commons license.

Web

Openverse
Search websites for images you can share, use, and remix. All Openverse content is under a Creative Commons license or in the public domain.

Google Advanced Image Search
Limit your Google image search to images that you can reuse.

Images that Reflect Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
List of repositories of free or openly licensed photos and images featuring people of color, trans, non-binary, indigenous, and other diverse population groups.

Pexels
All photos are free for any personal and commercial purpose.

Pixabay
Free images or videos that you can use anywhere.

Unsplash
Free, high resolution photos for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

PikWizard
Free stock photos for commercial and editorial use.

Free to Use and Reuse Sets
Library of Congress digital collections that are free to use and reuse organized by theme such as walking, friendship, and dragons.

Research Databases

SIRS Issues Researcher
Use Advanced Search and limit your Source Type to Multimedia / Statistics to find images, videos, and statistics.

Visual Art

JSTOR
A searchable collection of millions of works of art from all over the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
A searchable collection of artwork in the MMA believed to be in the public domain.