[CASL-L] Images

Pellegrino, Janice pellegrino at stratk12.org
Thu Feb 8 06:09:10 PST 2024


Hi Rachel -
I haven't updated this in several years, but here are some websites I
previously gathered from librarian recommendations.

Some Sources of Images in the Public Domain or Creative Commons:

Pixabay <https://pixabay.com/>

Unsplash <https://unsplash.com/>

Google Images <https://images.google.com/> - There is a subset of pictures
on Google Images which are under Creative Commons. To find them, first use
a search term within images.google.com then narrow your search by clicking:

Tools -- Usage Rights -- Creative Commons Licenses

Creative Commons <https://search.creativecommons.org/> search

Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/explore> - To find the copyright free
images, use a search term to find photos on your subject, then use the drop
down menu under “Any License” to choose “creative commons” or
“modifications allowed”

PhotosForClass.com <http://www.photosforclass.com/>(free for educators and
students)

Pix4Learning <https://www.pics4learning.com/>

Pexels <https://www.pexels.com/>

MorgueFile <https://morguefile.com/>

PhotoPin <http://photopin.com/>

FreeDigitalPhotos <http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/>

Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>

Imagebase <http://imagebase.net/>

FreeForCommercialUse <https://freeforcommercialuse.net/>

PicJumbo <https://picjumbo.com/>

PicDrome <http://www.picdrome.com/page/gallery/>

Pixnio <https://pixnio.com/>

Pikwizard <https://pikwizard.com/>

Stokio <https://www.stockio.com/>

Negative Space <https://negativespace.co/>

Library of Congress Free-To-Use Sets <https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/>

New York Public Library Digital Collections
<https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/> - must look under the image to
determine the usage restrictions

Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access Collection
<https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?showOnly=highlights%7CwithImage%7CopenAccess&offset=0&pageSize=0&sortBy=Relevance&sortOrder=asc&perPage=20&searchField=All>

Smithsonian Open Access <https://www.si.edu/openaccess>

Reusable Art <http://www.reusableart.com/>

PublicDomainPictures <https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/> - choose
the free download option under the photo
WorldImages <http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/> - for nonprofit, educational
use; requires attribution

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 9:04 AM Lauren Yansick <yansickl at shermanschool.com>
wrote:

> We use Britannica, but if you need something without a subscription, you
> can change the settings/licenses in a Google image search so the results
> are all copyright-free images. Otherwise we use websites like Pixabay. The
> downside is that some of the images are watermarked.
>
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 8:48 AM Michele Lane <mlane at colchesterct.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Canva has a lot of stock images and videos. I'd recommend that software
>> as it is free for students to use and they are continually improving
>> project options.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 8:15 AM Rachel Rice <rarice00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning,
>>> I am looking for suggestions for options for using images with students.
>>> We have less and less open to students to use and are wondering what, if
>>> any, databases or websites you may use to support students when using
>>> images in their work.
>>> The reason it's an issue is because the websites we have historically
>>> used with students for images (Flickr, Wikimedia, etc). are no longer
>>> available to our students per our IT dept.
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>> Rachel Rice
>>> Berlin High School
>>>
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