Learn more about the copyright of images and their use for educational purposes.
Image Databases
The Library provides the following rights-cleared image databases. Always cite the source of images you use.
- Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new windowContains millions of rights-cleared photos, graphics and images for educational use.
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- SMART Image Base - Scientific and Medical Art This link opens in a new windowThousands of medical images, illustrations and animations.
- Red Book Online - Visual LibraryMore than 2,700 infectious disease images for use in diagnosis and presentations.
Online Image Sources
Please explore the list below for more sources of images on the Internet. Remember to always cite/reference the images you use.
- Flickr Creative Commons
- Library and Archives Canada (Flickr)
- Open Clip Art Library
- Smithsonian Open Access [Limit your search results to Open Access Media (CC0)]
- Unsplash
- Searching for Creative Commons Images in FlickrA short tutorial on how to search for Creative Commons images in Flickr
- Searching a Flickr PhotostreamA short guide on how to search a Flickr Photostream