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Images: Finding and Using Images

A guide to finding images for classroom, Internet, publication, and presentation use, including links to sites with information about legal issues in using images.

Library Databases

The following databases are available to BGSU faculty, staff, students, and walk-in users.

Free Search Engines

There's more to the web than Google. Try some of these other image search engines.

Creative Commons Image Sites

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.