UCSF Guides: Finding and Using Images: General Images

Finding Free Images

Most of these images can be used freely, especially for educational purposes. However, always double-check the usage rights for individual images.

Photo Pin
Search millions of Creative Commons photos from Flickr and add them to your blog posts easily.
Compfight
Image search engine tailored to efficiently locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, and research. Can limit to Creative Commons.
Creative Commons Search
Find content you can share, use and remix.
Getty Open Content
Images now available for free download under the Getty's Open Content Program.

Google Images Advanced
Filter by usage rights.
Wikimedia Commons
A database of 20,793,792 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute
Europeana
Trusted source of cultural heritage brought to you by the Europeana Foundation and a large number of European cultural institutions.
Flickr Commons
Increases access to publicly-held photography collections from many institutions.
The Public Domain Review
Curated collections of images, books, audio and film, shining a light on curiosities and wonders from a wide range of online archives.

In most cases, you pay for these images once, not everytime you use them.

Shutterstock
Over 35 Million Stock Images, Vectors, and Footage Clips
ThinkStock
Search millions of premium royalty-free images selected from Getty Images and iStock