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Google Copyright Friendly Image Search

You can search Google Images directly for a copyright friendly image

Copyright Friendly Images

Find a photo or image from these great, free sources. Also, remember that you can find good images in all of our research databases.

The first group of sites are either public domain or Creative Commons Zero, which means they require NO CITATION or permission. They are free to use however you like. (Your teacher still has the right to ask you to cite all of your photos anyway. "Permission" is not the same thing as "citation.")

The following list of sites have excellent photos, but they do require citations. Please note requirements for each source.