Research Guides: Visual Communication Design: Find Images

Find Images

EWU Databases

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Images of art, architecture, photographs and videos from art museums from around the world. Keyword search or browse by collection, type, or geography. Create an individual account to download the images. Downloaded images can be used in the classroom and non-commercial educational use.
EWU Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
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Mostly black & white historical photographs of Eastern Washington University and the surrounding region.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Includes around 300,000 photos, maps & flags.

Public Domain or Creative Commons Licensed Images

Getty Search Gateway - Open Content Images
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Over 100,000 high quality images that Getty has tagged as in the public domain. Images include tags of what it is, date, photographer, etc. Click View Record to download.
Google Images
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Keyword search for images via Google, then to filter, click on Tools, and Usage Rights to limit to images with Creative Commons licensing. Easiest one to browse what website the image is coming from, to find ones from more official sources or institutions.
Wikimedia Commons
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Search for free to use (sometimes with restrictions) media files: images, sounds and videos.
Creative Commons Image Search - Openverse
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Keyword search, then use the filters on the left to narrow by type of license -- CC0 and Public Domain Mark are the most open.
Flickr Public Domain Search
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Search Flickr's large collection, but limited to those images with "no known copyright." However, it isn't always accurate. Double check the usage restrictions on each image by clicking on the image to see the description and licensing.