Image Search

Never assume an image does not require attribution.  If you’re going to include an image, create your own or find images that are labeled for reuse. You must check the re-use restrictions on each image you find.  You can use advanced settings in Google, Flickr, Bing, or Yahoo to filter by license.

For every image that you include, you should also include alt text. Learn more about why and how to include alt text.

These are my go-to sites when putting together presentations.  You’ll notice, I have a tendency toward health related images. Dig in!

Ohio State Resources

• OSU Digital Storytelling
• The Ohio State University Brand Guidelines – requires employee login

Photography

• Adobe Stock Free Assets
  • Note, all faculty, staff, and students at OSU can access the full suite of Adobe products, including Adobe Stock
• Disabled and Here Collection
• Gender Spectrum Collection
• Landscape of Breastfeeding Support Image Gallery
• Nappy
• Pexels
• Pixabay
• Rudd Center Media Gallery Combating Weight Bias
• UK Black in Tech
• Unsplash – note, Unsplash has moved to hosting many of their images in a subscription service.

Icons or graphics

• AutoDraw
• FreeVector – do be careful here, it’s not always clear which graphics are free and available for reuse, and which are paid and restricted
• Humaaans
• Pixabay Illustrations
• Noun Project
• unDraw

Video and audio

• Mixkit includes high resolution video, background music, sound effects, and video templates
• Pixabay Music and Pixabay Video

National Institutes of Health

• NCI Visuals Online
• NIH Photo Galleries
• NIH Flickr Albums
• NLM Images from the History of Medicine

Other

• Creative Commons Search
• MorgueFile – do be careful here, it’s not always clear which images are free and available for reuse, and which are paid and restricted