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Creative Commons and the Public Domain: Images

This guide explains how to find scholarly and creative work that can be reused in educational materials, theses, and the like. It also explains how to license one's own work for reuse.

Finding Images Open for Access and/or Reuse

Google Image Search

Limit your Google image search by "Usage rights" to discover openly licensed content.

To search for Creative Commons images in Google, click on Search Tools and Usage rights.

Flickr Creative Commons Gallery

Flickr lists Creative Commons licensed images in a gallery.

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