finding images
Images created by the Visual Resources Center are available in ARTstor, alongside approximately one million images from other collections. The ARTstor help library has a section on finding images.
If you can't find what you need on ARTstor, you could either request it through the VRC, or search the internet. Below are best practices for finding and using images from the internet, and some resources on where to find them.
Flickr
Flickr hosts five billion images from users around the world that may be useful for teaching purposes. It has an especially strong collection of architecture images, and also hosts collections from the White House, NASA, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution. Using Flickr's advanced search option will allow you to filter your results by the Creative Commons license, many of which have already been designated as available to use and/or modify. Please keep in mind that each image has a different license with different usage requirements, so check out the breakdown of available licenses on Flickr.
Google Images
Google is often the first place users go to search for images. Using Google's advanced images search, you will achieve better results in finding properly sized images that are available for reuse. The advanced image search link can be found to the right of the search box on the Google image page. Once you click on the advanced search link, you have a variety of options. Make sure that you filter by size (larger than 1024×768) and usage rights (labeled for resuse). This willensure that you image will be large enough to display properly on a PowerPoint slide, and that it is available to use for classroom teaching. It is the users responsibility to verify the licensing agreement for the image rights.
Digital Images Collection Wiki
This website aims to gather links to free and fair use digital image collections into one place. It is in a wiki format, much like Wikipedia, meaning that anyone can edit or post to it. Links to online collections are organized on the left hand side of the screen, and are all annotated. This site is continually being edited.
Finding and Using Images Libguide
One of many UIUC library libguides, this libguide will direct you to image sources both within and outside of campus.
