Image Searching

• tools on results page allow filtering by size, color, type, time, and usage rights
• four ways to search by image (reverse image search): drag and drop; upload an image; copy and paste the URL for an image; right-click an image on the web (with Chrome or Firefox extension)
• reverse image search on phone or tablet using the Chrome app for Android/iPhone/iPad - see Google Search help page for more information

• results can be narrowed on the advanced search screen by image size, aspect ratio, color, image type, file type, usage rights, and other limiters
• NOTE: limiting size to 'Larger than 1024x768' (or even larger) increases the likelihood of finding high quality images

• access gateway to searching Flickr, Google Images, Open Clip Art Library, and Pixabay for images that can be modified, adapted, or built upon and/or used for commercial purposes
• see also CC Search, a prototype facilitating simultaneous search across open archives of cultural works

From the unsplash site: "Over 2 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers."
Unsplash photos are made to be used freely. They allow use for commercial and non-commercial purposes. Attribution is encouraged but not required.

Upload an image or enter an image URL to find other instances of the same image online.

Find images by color

Early 20th-century advertisements available via Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

A catalog of art museum images online by OCLC.

Includes images contributed by academic and research libraries in Illinois.

The Digital Public Library of America amplifies the value of libraries and cultural organizations as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge. We do this by collaborating with partners to accelerate innovative tools and ideas that empower and equip libraries to make information more accessible.

Images from European cultural heritage institutions.

Photography with no known copyright restrictions, from archives around the world.

More than 87,000 high resolution images free to use modify and publish.

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

Google search results for lists of museum websites for art reproduction image searching.

Educational content from collections using Luna Imaging's Insight software.

Includes images digitized by the New York Public Library.

Access limited to EIU on campus only.

Open repository of images from institutions using ARTstor's digital collections software

Free media resources.