Library Instruction
at NSCC
Free Image Archives
Advertising
John W. Hartman Center for Advertising Image Collection:
"Over 7,000 print advertisements from 1911 to 1955. Part of Duke’s Special Collections Library. All the ads may be viewed and printed out by anyone for research, teaching, private study, or general interest. For any other uses see below for permission requirements."
Cartoons
"Before material from the collection may be published or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication (including dissertations to be microfilmed and distributed by University Microfilms), permission must be obtained from the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright. The Baldowski cartoons created for The Atlanta Journal Constitution are licensed to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. For access to The Atlanta Journal Constitution visit their website at www.ajc.com."
Drawing From Life: Selections of Caricatures and Cartoons from the American Art Portrait Gallery:
“You may download low-resolution images directly from the web site for personal, research or study purposes for free. This includes classroom use and student projects. It does NOT include using images to populate online courses (even if password protected).”
History
Smithsonian Institution Photostream
Bibliothèque de Toulouse's photostream
Defense Link Multimedia Library
Science
“The Image Gallery is provided as a complimentary source of high quality digital photographs available from the Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.”
“Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted. Although at present, no fee is charged for using the photos credit MUST be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source.”
National Parks Service Digital Image Index:
All images posted on this site are free, and may be used without a copyright release from the National Park Service.
US Fish and Wildlife Service National Image Archive:
“Presently, the library system contains the National Image Library--the Service's collection of public domain still photos. You may search all the images through the National Image Library link, or you may search by individual collections, which are listed underneath. We plan to add additional media collections to the system in the future.”
General
"A Librarian's choice for the best of the Web." License terms vary by collection. Be careful to read the fine print.
Can be used for commercial and noncommercial work; however, you cannot sell or redistribute these images as your own. Read over acceptable use restrictions: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/terms.php
Non-exclusive, non-transferable rights to images. “Any photos/pictures posted by the author “freephotosbank” are free to use as long as you are using them for a website, book, magazine, etc. You cannot download our photos to sell as is or modified from any source. To use our photos/pictures you must accredit us on the work that you used the photo/picture on/in for the use of them or we will consider it a copyright infringement.”
“The content presented within this web site is copyrighted exclusivley to the creators of FreeMediaGoo.com. This content is available for both commercial and private use free of charge. All content contained within FreeMediaGoo.com may not be used for propaganda, pornographic or suggestive materials.”
"A place to keep post production materials for use of reference, an inactive job file. This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use."
This free service uses volunteer photographers. If there's a picture you need and they don't have it, you can send a request. The site also offers an RSS feed that notifies you when new images are added.
Free photographs from amateur photographers. Photographers establish terms or use on an individual basis.
Selections from Flickr Commons:
George Eastman House's Photostream
Library of Congress Photostream
Smithsonian Institution Photostream
Many 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.
The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.
FlickrCC allows users to easily search Flickr photos available under the Creative Commons licneses.