Visual Communication: Finding Images
This guide provides links to resources and tools for creating visual materials to communicate a message and present information/data visually.
Recommended Websites & Databases
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Anatomy.TVAnatomy.TV is a suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy. Controls allow users to zoom, rotate and peel away layers from the models. MRIs, X-rays, live-action movies and animations are also included to supplement the computer-generated models.
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ARTstorProvides curated collections of more than 2 million images of art, architecture, artifacts, and primary documents, including costume and set renderings, playbills, production photos, etc. Time periods range from ancient to modern and geographic locations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. (Off-campus? Read "More" information below.)
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Death to the Stock PhotoPhotos for commercial use, your blog posts, social accounts and mockups, sent to you by email every month.
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Flickr: Creative CommonsMany Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, which may allow free use under specific circumstances. Descriptions of those licenses appear on the right side of this Flickr site and at CreativeCommons.org.
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FreePikSearch results point to free vector art, illustrations, icons, PSD and photos for using in websites, banners, presentations, magazines...
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Little Visuals7 new hi-res, creative commons/public domain images every week.
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New Old StockVintage photos from the public archives of libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions, free of known copyright restrictions.
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The Noun ProjectSymbols & pictograms. All copyright free WITH attribution. Requires a free account to download the images.
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OED: Oxford English DictionaryWhen searching The Noun Project, you may need help coming up with the right term to bring up a relevant image. Try using the OED Thesaurus to come up with synonyms and related concepts.
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Smithsonian: CollectionsThe world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers and more than 140 affiliate museums around the world. Check out the Terms of Use page for information about permitted uses of their content.
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StockvaultStock image community where photographers & artists share their own photos and artwork with a variety of licenses.
Environmental Sounds
If you'd like to add sounds to your ecology issue presentation, consider these environment and nature collections.
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Western Soundscape ArchiveThe Western Soundscape Archive offers thousands of recordings of Western animal species and their environments.
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Acoustic AtlasThe Acoustic Atlas will collect the sounds of Montana and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, along with habitats and species from throughout the Western United States.
Guides for Related Topics
Worth 1,000 Words
A slide show of Creative Commons images in flickr. Follow the link below to generate your own using flickr SLiDR.