How to Find and Use Images

Not all images you find on the Internet are free to use. Some have licenses that tell you what you can and cannot do with the images. It is not legal to reuse licensed images without the creators permission, however, in some cases, you may reuse or modify an image if you provide attribution to the creator.

Free Image Resources

Unsplash
Photos that have been released for free use. Attribution is not required but is appreciated
Pixabay
Over 1,188,454 free photos, illustrations, vectors and videos.
StockVault
Over 13,000 free copyright free photos
MorgueFile
Free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.
The British Library on Flickr
Over 1,000,000 images from the British Library that are free to reuse or modify
Openverse
Formerly Creative Commons Image Search - browse through over 600 million items to reuse
WikiMedia Commons
Copy, use and modify files freely from WikiMedia Commons

BioRender
Browse over 20,000 icons from over 30 fields of life science.
Flaticon
The largest database of free icons available in PNG, SVG, EPS and PSD formats.
Freepik
+83,000 Free vector icons for personal and commercial use.

Canva
Design absolutely anything, from logos and social media content to documents, prints and more
Thinglink
Create interactive experiences that engage, and track results in real time
Piktochart
Design and make infographics, presentations, and videos with just a few clicks
Visme
A browser-based tool for creating engaging visuals and presentations.
Inkscape
A professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. It is used to create a wide variety of graphics such as illustrations, icons, logos, diagrams, maps and web graphics.

SMART Imagebase
A collection of 10,000+ high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and many other topics.
History Reference Source
History research database. Covers topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century. Contains eBooks, encyclopedias and full text articles as well as thousands of historical documents, biographies, photos, and maps.
Canadian Reference Centre
Multidisciplinary Canadian research database. Includes full-text articles from leading Canadian and international magazines and newspapers and thousands of images from the Canadian Press.