The following databases are available to BGSU faculty, staff, students, and walk-in users.
Coverage: 20th and 21st century
Some material may be protected by copyright. In these cases, Bowling Green State University either owns the copyright or makes the material available for non-commercial, educational purposes, according to fair use guidelines (section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law). Most collections are licensed under a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, 3.0 United States license. Copyrighted objects are not licensed for re-use and are intended for browsing only. Users wishing to re-use these materials must seek permission from the copyright holder. Individual records for objects in the digital collections will indicate their copyright status.
There's more to the web than Google. Try some of these other image search engines.
Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the re-user’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, “What can I do with this work?”
Below are some sources for images to use within your own projects. While most of these databases are meant to provide freely usable images, please check the exact licensing restrictions carefully.