Find Images You Have Permission to Use
Flickr - Advanced Search Screen
Images that have been licensed by their creators with a Creative Commons license - telling you how you can legally and ethically use their photos. Show me
Labeling and citing images
Even when the images you use are copyright free, you should acknowledge the creator and indicate the source.
- For examples of using MLA style to fully cite images you use in a research paper, click here: citing images
Please be aware of legal restrictions on the use of images. Boston University has a useful webpage on Image Copyright .
Printing Posters
Student Media Services (Main Floor, Valley Library): production and printing services funded by student activity fees.
Pictures in Magazines
There are a couple of indexes that you can use to find pictures in heavily-illustrated magazines. Search by subject (butterflies) and the index tells you which magazine, the date and the page where a picures was published.
Illustration Index: the BEST source for pictures of people, places, and things. Valley Reference (2nd floor) N 7525 .V3
- Pictures in American Heritage, Gourmet, Life, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Natural History, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Travel & Leisure, Travel/Holiday. List of magazines at the front of each volume gives OSU call number.
- Citation includes date, page, size of picture, whether or not it's in color. Use the "User Guide" at the front if you need help interpreting the citation.
- This is a great resource. Here are some examples of the topics: crayons, boars (wild), locker rooms, blizzards, Zurich, Charlie Parker.
National Geographic Index Valley, 6th floor G1 .N2
Index of photographs in National Geographic.
Pictures in Books
Collections of photographs or drawings:
OSU Libraries Catalog Books in Valley Library
Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog Books in academic libraries in the northwest. Request for delivery to Valley in 3-4 working days.
Add the words "pictorial works" or portraits to your keyword search, the words used in catalogs to desribe books with photographs or drawings. For example:
Indexes to collections of photographs and other pictures:
- Photography books index Valley Library, 1st floor TR199 .M67 1985
- Photography index : a guide to reproductions
Valley Library, 1st floor TR199 .P37 - Picture researcher's handbook : an international guide to picture sources and how to use them.
Valley Reference (2nd floor) N4000 .E8 1992 - Index to illustrations of animals and plants
Valley Reference (2nd floor) QL46 .C541 1991
