Welcome
Welcome to the PHAR 516 library guide. This guide holds a number of helpful resources for finding biomedical images. Many of the resources are freely available, so that you can continue to use them in your professional careers.
Top Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Image GalleriesThe HHS Image Galleries website list a total of 26 image databases from the HHS, Center for Disease Control (CDC), and National Institutes of Health (NIH). Many of the images in these databases are in the public domain, but you will still need to check the copyright and attribution statements. Copyright information can be found on the page for each individual collection.
- World Health Organization (WHO) Photo LibraryThe WHO Photo Library mostly contains images of people from around the world related to topics of health and disease, public health (i.e. environmental conditions), and the history of public health. Copyright information can be found here: http://www.who.int/about/copyright/en/
- Google ImagesGoogle Images is an image specific search through the Google search engine. Google Images may be helpful if you are looking for images not related to science or biomedicine for posters or presentations. To find the free-to-use images, use the advance image search option. Select the type of license best
suited for your needs (free to use or share, free to use, share, or modify, and commercially). Copyright and license search information can be found here: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508?hl=en&ref_topic=3180360 - PixabayPixabay is a community-based photograph sharing site where people share copyright free images and videos. All images and videos are released under Creative Commons CC0. The content can be used without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist - even for commercial purposes. Search the healthcare, health and medicine tags.
