Image Sources

Openly Licensed Image Sources

• Creative Commons Links to an external site. Image Search
• Wikimedia Commons Links to an external site.: Images, Diagrams, Illustrations, Photos, videos, sounds, and more.  All are openly licensed but have different individual licenses.
• Flickr Links to an external site.: A variety of images.  Licenses vary and may be copyrighted.
  • The ASCCC OERI Flickr page Links to an external site. houses images created through our proposals

Public Domain Image Sources

• US Government Links to an external site.: Most are Public Domain.  Check individual images to be sure.
• Negative Space Links to an external site.: CCO licensed images

Diversity and Inclusion

• Nappy: Links to an external site. Free high-resolution photos of black and brown people, licensed Creative Commons Zero (CC0) Links to an external site.
• PICNOI: Links to an external site. Free photos of people of color; no attribution required, but can give credit by linking to site
• #WOCinTech Chat: Links to an external site. Free photos of women and non-binary people of color working in the Tech field; licensed CC BY Links to an external site.
• CreateHer Stock: Links to an external site. Free and for fee stock photos of women of color; license varies Links to an external site.
• Redefining Women Icon Collection: Links to an external site. Icons of women; License: Creative Commons Public Domain CC0 1.0
• The Gender Spectrum Collection: Links to an external site. Free stock photos of trans and non-binary people, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Links to an external site.
• AllGo Plus Size Links to an external site.:  Free Plus-Size Stock Photos. Office, swim, and home collections. Attribution not required, please give credit.
• Disabled And Here Links to an external site.:  This collection is a disability-led effort to provide free and inclusive stock photos shot from our own perspective, featuring disabled Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) across the Pacific Northwest. CC-BY 4.0
• Images of Empowerment Links to an external site.:  A free library of images celebrating women’s lives and their work in 11 countries around the world. CC-BY-NC 4.0
• The Noun Project - Photos Links to an external site.:  "Professionally curated, art-quality photos that celebrate diversity." CC BY NC ND
• American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action Links to an external site.:  "A free library of images celebrating student learning and teacher collaboration in seven schools across the United States." (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• Open Peeps Links to an external site.:  "A hand-drawn illustration library." Mix and match elements to create different "peeps." Please note that you might need a design program to create your own "peeps." There are pre-made "peeps" you can download without a program. CC0
• Age-positive Links to an external site.: "positive and realistic images of over 50s in a bid to challenge negative and stereotypical views of older age."

Freely-usable but not CC licensed

Check the individual sites for specific information on the licenses.

• Pixabay Links to an external site.: Free stock photos, vectors and art illustrations
• Unsplash Links to an external site.: Freely-usable images
• Shotstash Links to an external site.: Free stock photos
• StockSnap Links to an external site.: Free stock photos
• Gratisography Links to an external site.: Images without copyright restrictions

Art Image

• The Greats Links to an external site.: Free illustrations from great artists to change the world

Science Images

• Histology Atlas Links to an external site.
• Scienceimage - Scienceimage is an image library specialising in science and nature images. It is presented by CSIRO, Australia's major science research organisation. All images are free to download under a Creative Commons license.
• Servier Medical Art Links to an external site.- 3000 free medical images to illustrate your publications and Powerpoint presentations. Servier Medical Art by Servier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
• Clinical Anatomy Links to an external site.- Anatomy Videos
• Nanotomy Links to an external site.- Large-scale electron microscopy (EM) datasets
• Center for Research in Biological Systems - Cell image library built by an NIH grant.
• Biomedical Imaging Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
• Virtual Microscopy Database Links to an external site. (VMD) a free database for histological and pathological virtual image files.
• Open resources (images, videos, and atlas) on neuroanatomy Links to an external site. and clinical anatomy Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
• CDC Public Health Image Library  ("PHIL") - The imagery showcased in the PHIL is historic in nature; the contents depicted, though appropriate at the time a photograph was captured, may no longer be appropriate in the context of the current time period, and is not to be viewed as a source of the most current public health information.
• Biomedical search engine Links to an external site.. cc-by-nc-sa
• National Institute of General Med Links to an external site.. cc-by-nc-sa
• Genetics NIH public domain Links to an external site.. cc-by-nc-sa
• More from NIH Links to an external site.. cc-by-nc-sa
• MedPix Links to an external site..
• Biomedical Image Search Links to an external site.. color coded usage rights
• Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals Links to an external site.
• Cell Image Library Links to an external site.