Images and Clip Art on the Internet
Want to use images found on the Internet? First, learn what images can be used and
what one can't and why, and second, learn
how to
save the images from the Web. Below are two links on copyright issues concerning
images and clip art found on the web.
From Pokemon® to Picasso, Art Rights and Wrongs
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/
A group of elementary students have put together
information on copyright, license, and trademark issues and how to ask
permission to use images and clip art that are not free.
Ask Cyberbee
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
Learn about copyright issues on the WWW from the Library of Congress
Image Search Engines
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The Amazing Picture Machine
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
HotBot
http://hotbot.lycos.com/
Go directly to the Advanced Search, where you can specify file type--image.
Ithaki Image Meta Search Engine
http://www.ithaki.net/images/
Searches Fast, Google, Hotbot, AltaVista, Yahoo!, Dmoz, Looksmart and more.
Googles Image Search (Blocked)
AltaVista-Advanced Image Search
(Blocked)
http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/advimage
AlltheWeb.com: advance search
(Blocked)
http://www.alltheweb.com/advanced?c=img
Picsearch (Blocked)
http://www.picsearch.com/
Yahoo! Picture Gallery (Blocked)
http://gallery.yahoo.com/
Many of the images are from Corbis.com
BIG Search Engine Index: Images Search
(blocked)
http://www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Images_Search/
Has links to 19 search engines. (Note: at Shenendehowa the following images
search engines are currently blocked: Ditto, Lycos Image Search, Scour, Google
Image Search, Yahoo! Image Surfer, and Fabfotos Fine Photography
Directory. Also Exite has been sold and Diggit is for sale.)
Image -Rich Sites
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American Memory at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
"..7 million digital items from more then 100 historical
collections." Some of this material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law.
NYPL Digital
Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/
This site "provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary
sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public
Library [NYPL], including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps,
vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed
ephemera, and more." Searchable, or browsable by collection, such as art
and literature, cities and buildings, industry and technology, and nature
and science.
UPI News Pictures
http://www.upi.com/photos/index.cfm
This is UPI News online archive of over 100,000 images (with 1,200 images being
added each month).
The Open Video Project
http://www.open-video.org/
This project, sponsored and developed at the University of North Carolina,
contains more than 2000 digitized clips and complete short films. The archive
available here provides video clips from a variety of sources, including quite a
few obtained from U.S. government agencies. The entire archive may be searched
by keyword, or browsed by genre, duration, or thematic collection.
Cool Graphics
http://www.stamphistory.net/cool/
Links to free graphic sites.
Picturesofplaces.com
http://picturesofplaces.com/
...travel pictures, images and photos of the world
Pics4Learning--Tech4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com/
Copy-right free images that can be browsed by topics such as animals, countries,
holidays, parts of the body, toys and more.
Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Free Stock Photography
http://freestockphotos.com/
Images are free but user must credit the source by domain name
FreeStockPhotos.com and may not crop out a credit if it appears on a photograph.
Free Images and Free Stock Photos
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
Images are free as the user doesn't redistribute them to others.
FreeFoto.com
http://www.freefoto.com/
Photos are free to private, noncommercial users.
Free Images.com
http://www.freeimages.com/
Images may be used for some personal and commerical purposes (such as Web
sites), but not redistributed.
NASA Image eXchange (NIX)
http://nix.nasa.gov/
Please check the copyright information before using an image.
Thinker Image Database
http://www.thinker.org/fam/subpage.asp?subpagekey=70
Images from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nothing is mentioned
about personal or educational use of the images, however under "Use of
Images," it is stated that "Any commercial use of images or requests
for publishable-quality copies of images must be arranged through our Photo
Services office."
Freshwater and Marine
Image Bank
http://content.lib.washington.edu/fish/
Over 2600 images dating from 1735 to 1924 "related to freshwater and
marine topics, in all their diversity."
Clip Art [top]
Yahooligans! Downloader Pictures
http://www.yahooligans.com/downloader/pictures/
Kid's Domain Clip Art
http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/
Classroom Clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi
Don't miss: The "Terms of Use" link to find out how
the images may be used.
The Clip Art Gallery
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Don't miss: The "Copyright and Use Information"
link to find out how the images may be used.
Awesome Clipart for Kids
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
Cool Text.com
http://cooltext.com
This totally free online service allows you to generate logos and buttons.
Barrys Clipart Server
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
ClipArt.com
http://www.clipart.com/
IconBAZAAR
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
Clip Art Center
http://clip-art.easy-interactive.com/
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Note: Please keep in mind that the Internet
is a fluid medium and sites are constantly being added, moved and deleted.
If you find a dead or redirected link or you would like me to add a new resource
please contact me at morsilka@shenet.org.
Please give me the name of the page, the title of the link, and the url.
Thanks.
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