While these sites are "copyright friendly," be sure to check the Terms of Use for details. For example, many photos require attribution.
- Creative Commons
- Every Stock Photo
"We are a search engine for free photos. These come from many sources and are license-specific."
- Flickr Creative Commons
Search or browse Flickr images by license type.
- Freeimages.com
High-quality images, photos, vectors, clipart, icons, and PSD files. for anyone in need of visual assets at no cost.
- Google Images
Search images in the Google interface. Remember to check for CC licensing or copyright status on images you plan to use.
- New York Public Library Digital Collection
Explore 893,965 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. This is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
- Pics4Learning
"Permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection." Arranged by subject.
- Smithsonian Institution Archive Collection<
The Smithsonian Institution Archives welcomes personal and educational use of its collections unless otherwise noted. Cite the Smithsonian Institution Archives as the source of the content, and when possible, link to the Smithsonian Archives website (siarchives.si.edu).
- Stockvault.net
- High resolution photographs that students can use for their personal and non-commercial design projects.
- Wikimedia Commons
A database of 5,220,649 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
- Yale Digital Commons
Find and connect with the cultural heritage collections across Yale's museums, archives, and libraries in one place.
