LibGuides: Scholarly Communication &amp; Publishing: Using Images

Sources for Free Images

Citation/acknowledgment should be used.

Images from the National Library of Medicine-National Institutes of Health: Works produced by the U.S. government are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any such works found on National Library of Medicine (NLM) Web sites may be freely used or reproduced without permission in the U.S. Please acknowledge NLM as the source of the information by including the phrase “Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine” or “Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine.”

Allgo Free Plus Size Stock Photos
Free size inclusive stock photos.
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
The These images in this collection are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
BioArt Source
Build figures, presentations, and illustrations with 2,000+ science and medical art visuals.
DermNet: All About the Skin
These watermarked images are free for use for education, teaching and other purposes, providing they abide by the image license. Please check the page for more details.
Flickr: Specimens (Pathology)
Gross and microscopic images of pathology specimens taken by Ed Uthman, a practicing pathologist in Houston, TX. Contains over 1,000 images, all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.
The Gender Spectrum Collection: Stock Photos Beyond the Binary
A stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models and includes categories such as lifestyle, technology, work, school, health and moods.
Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) Collection
HEAL is a searchable and browsable database of over 2,000 images, audio clips and video clips. Educators and clinicians contribute their images and multimedia items so that they will me more readily available to other health science educators.
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Provided by the University of Utah.
MedPix
A free, open-access online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics. Contains radiology images organized by disease location (organ system), pathology category, patient profiles, image classification, and caption.
NIH Flickr Site
Images are meant for use by the science and health community, the press that covers health and science, & educators in health and science.
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From the National Institutes of Health. Most resources are in the public domain and can be sued without charge or restriction. Copyrighted materials will contain a copyright statement.
The Noun Project
Creative commons licensed photos and icons from a global community. Images that celebrate diversity and represent a more inclusive world.
Open-i
A service of the National Library of Medicine enables search and retrieval of abstracts and images (including charts, graphs, clinical images, etc.) from the open source literature, and biomedical image collections.
Openverse (was CC Search)
Search for images licensed under Creative Commons licenses, or in the public domain.
PEIR Digital Library
Pathology Education Informational Resource
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From the University of Alabama, Birmingham
Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
Images depicting health and medical topics and behaviors for teaching, presentation, and public health messages.
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Some images are more historic in nature and may no longer be appropriate in the context of the current time period.
The Visible Human Project
The Visible Human Project created publicly available three-dimensional representations of a male and a female human body. These images include cross-sectional cryosections, CT, and MRI images.

Finding Free Multimedia Images using Google and YouTube

Subscription Databases with Images

Library Databases with Images
Permission from the publisher would be required to reuse images in publication. Images used in the enhancement of teaching, learning, or curriculum likely falls under Fair Use if not reposted on a publicly available site or interface. Contact your librarian with questions.