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Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines comprising area studies, arts, business and economics, history. humanities, law, medicine, science and mathematics, and social sciences.
As of August 1, 2024, Artstor's collections are now part of JSTOR. Users can access and download high resolution art images from libraries, museums, and private collections.

Creative Commons Image Search
Search Creative Commons for images marked for reuse. Pay close attention to the "licenses" filter to determine the rules of reuse for each image.
Google Image Search
Google offers an enormous selection of images; however, not all of these images are free of restrictions. Be sure to modify the "Usage Rights" filter to limit your search only to graphics labeled for reuse.
Pexels
Another collection of free to use images.
Pixabay
This site offers a collection of over 1 million images (and videos) available for download free of copyright restrictions. You can view the full licensing terms here: https://pixabay.com/service/license/
Unsplash
A collection of thousands of freely-usable images.