These links to sites and resources were used in the January 23, 2020 Library Talks session “Free, Safe and Legal: Using Images On and Off the Web“.  An asterisk * indicates the presenter’s top picks.  All links go to external sources.

Why use images?

~ [T]he year of visual content
~ Psychology of visual content

Copyright, Creative Commons and the Public Domain

~ Copyright, Fair Use & Online Images
* The Best Ways to Be Sure You’re Legally Using Online Photos
~ Fair Use
* Copyright Term and the Public Domain (chart)
~ Copyright on the Internet (video)
~ Creative Commons “Wanna Work Together?” (video)
* Creative Commons licenses
~ About Public Domain (including Public Domain Day)
…and * some background about the changes to copyright law in plain English
~ You can use a picture if… (infographic)

Selected Image Search Sources (download pdf chart with additional sources)

* Pixabay – download, no restrictions; avoid the top row of ‘sponsored’ images
~ Foter – download or embed; may require attribution
* Flickr – filter search results by license; paste image URL into Imagecodr for attribution & embed code
~ Creative Commons search – require attribution, other restrictions may apply
~ Google image search – filter search results (Tools > Usage Rights > Labeled for reuse, etc.)
~ Library of Congress – search in Photos, Prints, Drawings; great for historic images
~ The Getty – fine art and other images; automatically filters for free images
~ Wikimedia Commons – public domain and Creative Commons images (source for Wikipedia images)
* Free images from governments sites: NASA (space) and NOAA (weather & earth)
~ Icons – Flaticon and Iconfinder
~ Public Domain Clip Art