Research

In Google, Bing, and other search engines, you can usually filter your image search by License:

• Google image search: Click Usage Rights and select Creative Commons licenses.
  • Note: Creative Commons licenses make it easy to figure out whether and how you can use an image, but many do include specific requirements. Before you use an image, make sure to check which requirements and restrictions are specified by the license for that image.
• Bing image search: Click Licenses and select from the options.
  • All Creative Commons - make sure you check the requirements and restrictions of the particular license
  • Public Domain - these images have no copyright restrictions; you can use them however you want to
  • Free to Share and Use / Free to Modify, Share, and Use - use of these images is probably restricted to limited use for personal or educational use (fair use)
  • Free to Share and Use Commercially / Free to Modify, Share, and Use Commercially - these images are probably in the public domain.

The links below provide access to images that are in the public domain or have been made available for reuse and can likely be used in small-run scholarly publications and theses free of charge. Always check the rights statement associated with each image to make sure that you are abiding by the terms of use, which may include a specific format for the credit line.