Resources
- Flickr: Creative CommonsMany Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
- Google Advanced Image SearchUnder "usage rights", select the license terms you want to search for.
- OpenVerseSearch for images, streaming videos, and media files from different collections including Flickr and YouTube. Can select the license type you want to search for.
- WikiMedia CommonsCopy, use and modify files freely from WikiMedia Commons
- AllGo's Plus Size Stock PhotosA great collection of photos of plus-size individuals. It is recommended to credit AllGo and photographer Michael Poley of Poley Creative.
- Disabled and Here CollectionCollection of photos and illustrations celebrating BIPOC people with disabilities.
- The Gender Spectrum CollectionA stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the cliché - featuring them as people with careers, relationships, talents, passions, and home lives.
- KaboompicsPhotographs can be used for personal or commercial projects. However, they cannot be used for sale on their own. Check the terms for restrictions.
- MorgueFileFree high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.
- NappyNappy's mission is to "provide high-res photos of black and brown people" and helps designers and companies to be "purposeful about representation in their designs, presentations, and advertisements."
- PexelsA vast collection of high-quality, royalty free, images for both creative and commercial use. All images have a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license, so no attribution is necessary when using the images.
- PixabayAttribution is recommended although it is not required. Commercial uses are allowed with some exceptions. Refer to the Pixabay licence for more information.
- UnsplashImages licensed under Creative Commons Zero which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing attribution to the photographer or Unsplash.
- VecteezyFree vector art, stock photos and stock videos. Attribution is required.
- The Noun ProjectCreative Commons licensed black & white icons. Free and paid premium memberships are available.
- Open Clip ArtClip art and icons.
- Open PeepsThis hand-drawn illustration collection works like building blocks made of vector faces, bodies, arms, legs, clothing, hairstyles, etc. You can mix the elements to create different characters.
- Public Domain Vectors60,000 vector images in public domain.
APA & Audiovisual Images
- APA & Audiovisual ImagesAudiovisual media are covered in Sections 10.12–10.14 of the Publication Manual. The most common examples are presented together here. In the manual, these examples and more are separated into categories for audiovisual, audio, and visual media.