Tips for finding .gov images
Tip! Tip! You can use images produced by the government without having to seek permission or heed copyright.
Search Google Images and limit to .gov
Search example:
dorothea lange site:.gov
"White Angel Breadline" by Dorothea Lange. Source: The National Archives (archives.gov)
More .gov images

HST view of Mars. Source: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/Sect19_10.html
Other NASA images, from the Internet Archive
Image Search Engines
- Google Image Search Tip: Use advanced search and limit by image size, images within a domain/site (e.g. site: cornell.edu), and usage rights.
- PicSearch
- Bing
- Exalead
Digital Collections
- American Memory, The Library of Congress
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- California Digital Library
- AHDS Visual Arts
- Life Photo Archive hosted by Google Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive (1750s to today)
- MADID Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database
Directories & Catalogs
- UNESCO/IFLA Directory of Digitized Collections
- OAIster union catalog of digital resources (including images)
- Content DM Index of Digital Image Collections
Guide to Finding Images Online
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