Image Sources - DCMA s45T - Mathematical Image Processing

Locate Public Domain and Creative Commons Images

Sites For Discovering "Open" Images

The sites listed below are very useful for finding images for reports and presentations. To be sure you actually have permission to use an image, it is important to search for images that are either in the public domain or that have an appropriate Creative Commons license.

Wikimedia Commons Images
For specific information about reuse of Wikimedia images, see: Reusing content outside Wikimedia.
openverse
Search over 500 million images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons license.
[Formerly Creative Commons Image Search]
Flickr Creative Commons Images
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
Google Advanced Image Search
Be sure to select the "usage rights" (e.g. free to use or share, even commercially) before performing your search.
FigShare
Figshare is a web-based interface designed for academic research data management and research data dissemination. It accepts all file types (with in-browser viewing) and includes many images.

Citing an Image From a Website in MLA 9th

General Format:

Last Name, First Name (or username). "Title of Image." Name of Website, date, URL.

Specific Example:

Fir0002/Flagstaffotos. "Honeybee landing on milkthistle02." Wikimedia Commons, 6 Nov. 2020, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honeybee_landing_on_milkthistle02.jpg.