Images, illustrations, charts, and other visual material can make your papers and presentations more interesting and informative.
It is easy to find and download images from the Web. However, your use of these digital images downloaded from the Web or scanned from a print source may be restricted by copyright.
You can generally use these images for non-published, educational purposes, but you must still cite your source.
The Digital Image Rights Computator can help you figure out whether or not you can legally use an image.
Creative Commons Licenses
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that has developed a standardized ways for creators to determine which rights they reserve and which ones they waive. Even though you do not need to obtain permission to use these images, they still require attribution (citation) when they are used.
Public Domain
Works by the U.S. Government are considered in the public domain and are not covered by copyright.
These search tools allow you to limit your search to images that can be reused in various ways.
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