Images: Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

How do I use Creative Commons to find images?

Just search using the following link. Use their New Search feature!

https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons licenses allow you to reuse an image by following the guidelines for the specific licensed image. Creative Commons Images may be licensed in 6 different ways by their creator. These licenses are listed in order of broadest to most restrictive.

• Attribution (CC BY)
• Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)
• Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC BY-ND)
• Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
• Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)

View these videos to learn more, visit the Creative Commons Wiki, or access the Creative Commons Toolkit.

IMPORTANT: Note the Attribution for each image in your work, whether in print or online.