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Quick overview of searching for images in the databases Cornell University Library has built or licenses.
Last update: Nov 13th, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.cornell.edu/findimages  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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What are stock images

Stock images are pictures that designers use to illustrate publications. Generally, stock image providers require a per-image payment or a subscription, although some are free. Cornell University Library does not subscribe to stock photo services. But below, you'll find examples of fee-based and free stock image sources online.

 

Fee-Based Stock Images

Stock image

  • Corbis Images  
    Corbis is a for-profit image vendor, catering to advertising, marketing and media professionals. Corbis offers high quality photography, footage and rights services.
  • Getty Images  
    Getty Images is a for-profit image databank. It creates and distributes imagery collections. Subjects include contemporary creative imagery to news, sports, entertainment and archival imagery.
  • iStock Photo  
    iStockphoto® is the world's preeminent collection of member-generated royalty-free images, at the world's best prices. There are no subscription fees or extra costs.
  • Fotalia  
    "Fotolia is the first worldwide social marketplace for royalty free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy and share stock images and illustrations."
  • Saatchi Gallery  
  • Fotosearch  
    allows users to search from more than 5 million images from 140 stock photography publishers at one site, find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, stock video clips and more. Includes over 20,000 National Geographic images.
  • Stock.xchng  
 
 

Image Categories

Before you start searching for images, it helps to categorize the way you want to use a digital image. For research? web site? printed brochure? poster? holiday card? Once you have a firm concept of your use, you'll have a better idea of what resolution you'll need, whether you can use images the university has licensed, or whether you'll need to negotiate your own license or other use agreeement.

Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of digital image collections: Free and Licensed.

Each digital image collection includes one or more types of images, such as:

  • Stock images
  • Current events images
  • Artwork
  • Historical images
  • Scientific images
  • Maps

 

CU Image mosaic

 
 

Free Stock Images

Be sure to check image licenses for information about how to credit images you find from free stock image providers.

Fritillaria, from Flickr

 
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