Image Search Tools
The following are resources for finding either Creative Commons or free images, including those in the public domain.
Always check the rights information on an image.
- Creative Commons image searchImages are in public domain or CC licensed. Click on image for CC license info and copy and paste attribution information.
- EuropeanaImages and other digital cultural heritage from Europe.
- Flickr CommonsAfter conducting a search, click on the "any license" drop-down menu to choose from options including "all creative commons" and "modifications allowed."
- Library of CongressFree to use and reuse content.
- NASA Image and Video LibrarySome restrictions. See usage guidelines at bottom of search page.
- NYPL Public Domain CollectionsImages free to share and reuse from New York Public Library
- Open Access at The MetOver 492,000 images of public-domain artworks, available for free and unrestricted use
- Open Artstor This link opens in a new windowMore than 200,000 Creative Commons-licensed images in the arts, sciences, and literature aggregated from museums, libraries, and archives around the world.
- Open OregonList of image resources compiled by Open Oregon
- Rijks StudioArtwork from the Rijksmuseum