Images at the OHSU Library

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Offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link.

Flickr's Creative Commons portal. Browse by license type or choose "Advanced Search" to limit to Creative Commons content.

Provides access to about one million digital images within the collection of the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division. Includes architectural and historical images.

The morguefile contains high resolution photographs freely contributed by many artists. To acknowledge the artist's accomplishments, they ask that you credit the photographer when possible.

Searchable database of original illustrations produced by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Illustrations are free, but use must be credited to NIDDK.

A repository for public domain pictures that includes free vectors, free drawings and free photos. You can freely use any image from this website in digital and printed format, for personal and commercial use, without attribution requirement to the original author.

Historical and contemporary digital images from the Wellcome Library, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science. Images are free for academic use.

Historical and contemporary images contributed by participants. Millions of high-resolution images of art, architecture, design, people, historical events, diagrams, maps, and more.

Extensive list of sources for public-domain images on the Web.

Approximately 80,000 primarily historical images organized into categories including Women, Science, Cities, Natural World, Science, and more. Free to use for educational purposes, with credit given.

Searchable online database of medical images, teaching cases and clinical topics.

Many HHS agencies maintain galleries of images that are in the public domain and can be used on your website or other communications materials.

Anatomical atlases from the National Library of Medicine collection. Images are free to use, with credit to NLM.

Multimodal brain atlases free for research or educational use.

National Eye Institute (NIH) database of ophthalmology images. Free for noncommercial use, but credit must be given to NEI.

From the 1918 version of this well-known reference. The images are expandable, and the site set-up is designed like a table of contents.

Like the charts you see in the doctor's office, this collection offers a head-to-toe look at structures. Definitely more for lay person.

This digital library of anatomy information is curated by Ronald Bergman, PhD. There are a number of textbooks and atlases at this site, as well as a list of related digital libraries that could prove helpful.

There are some parts of this collection that need Quicktime.

This collection features approximately 4500 full page plates and other significant illustrations of human anatomy selected from the Jason A. Hannah and Academy of Medicine collections in the history of medicine at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. Each illustration has been fully indexed using medical subject headings (MeSH), and techniques of illustration, artists, and engravers have been identified whenever possible. There are ninety-five individual titles represented, ranging in date from 1522 to 1867. The images in the online collection are derived from works in the public domain. The images may be used for the purposes of research, private study, or general interest.

A collection of endoscopic images in health and disease, annotated with patient descriptions.
An educational resource for physicians, patients and students.

This fully searchable directory features more than 800 hematological slides depicting various blood disorders and malignancies. Images are well-rendered lab slides.

This Atlas has the goal of supplying hematologists, laboratory technicians, medical school students, biologists as well as professionals working in the field of morphology of blood cells. Excellent source of images for ease of viewing.

The Atlas of Ophthalmology is a public online database, free of charge, edited by specialists in the field. This is an extensive image library including photos and multimedia offerings.

CDC image library of parasites and parasitic diseases.

Free public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms, showcasing cell architecture, intracellular functionalities, and both normal and abnormal processes.

Visual virus database from the University of Wisconsin. Images free to use for educational purposes.

This site shares the historical teaching charts of Rudolph Leuckart, zoologist and the "Father of Parasitology". These striking images are classics. Commercial use prohibited without permission.

The PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. The site is designed for public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages.

Public-domain pictures of scientists and laboratory equipment.

Photos and illustrations found on the NSF web site should not be reused without permission. For more information, see the Copyright and Reuse of Graphics and Text section of NSF's Web Site Policies.