GSU Library Research Guides: PHPB 9130: Intervention and Evaluation of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention: Visual Aids

Images

While many of these databases provide freely usable images, check copyright information and/or licensing restrictions carefully before using the images for public consumption. Cite or attribute what you do use appropriately.

Pro Tip!

Advanced Search features in Google, Flickr and Yahoo image searches have License status selections, which allow you to search for re-usable images.

Creative Commons
Images in the public domain OR have been granted creative commons status
HEAL (Health Education Assets Library)
Collection of freely accessible multimedia images from the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE).
CINAHL
Find CINAHL Images in the database, under the “More” pull-down menu.
NIH Image Bank
Contains images from the collections of the 27 Institutes and Centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health.
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No fee is charged to using the images. However, credit must be given to the National Institutes of Health/Department of Health and Human Services unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source.
Open-i (Open Access Biomedical Images)
The Open-i project aims to provide next generation information retrieval services for biomedical articles from the full text collections such as PubMed Central.
The Cell: An Image Library
NLM Images from the History of Medicine
Images from the History of Medicine provides access to nearly 70,000 images in the collections of the History of Medicine Division of the U.S National Library of Medicine.
PHIL (Public Health Image Library)
Photographs, illustrations, multimedia files from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HOLLIS Images | Harvard University
A free online image database.
American Memory
from the Library of Congress
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American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
ARTStor
Over 1 million images: maps, art, diagrams, posters, objects and more.
DrStockPhoto.com
DrStockPhoto.com provides royalty free stock photos and images. If you use less than 100 photos, no attribution is required.
FreeImages
Image * After
"Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial."
Images and Maps from GALILEO
Part of the database offerings of GALILEO, Georgia's Virtual Library.
morgueFile
"This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photographs and reference images for either corporate or public use."
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The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for illustrators, comic book artist, designers, teachers and all creative pursuits.
NYPL Digital Gallery
700,000 digitized images from the New York Public Library.
Public Domain Clip Art
Free public domain images.
Public Domain Images
Public domain images, royalty free stock photos, copyright friendly free images. Not copyrighted, no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use.