"Look here, upon this picture, and on this,..."
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 4.
... the terms of agreement expressed by the copyright holder and/or follow the rules in the Canadian Copyright Act.
Below are just a few web sites rich with images which you can download on the condition that you agree to the terms of use. For library photos please click here.
Check out this site called
everystockphoto
http://everystockphoto.com/index.php
It uses databases with the creative commons licencing.
Big Photo
http://www.bigfoto.com/
Copyright information is available at http://www.bigfoto.com/copyright.htm.
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Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
Great source. It uses databases with the creative commons licencing. You'll need to sign up for a free account. Terms of reference include the requirement to agree to promote Yahoo!.
FreeFoto
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Terms of use are available via the Educational Policy
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Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/imghp
Details for use of an image are available from the image holders site, which is linked from the image.
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Life photo archive hosted by Google
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
For personal non-commercial use only
"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."
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Images Canada
http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-220-e.html
"Images Canada provides central search access to the thousands of images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that make up our collective heritage. You can search across all collections from virtually every page on the site by typing in a keyword in the search box at the top right hand corner of each page."
Images can be used for non-commercial purposes: educational, personal, private study, reference, and research.
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Pics4Learning
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
"Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting."
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teacher tap
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm
"This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources. The advice on this page is not a legal opinion. The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects."
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US Government Community Iimage Database
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
"The images and photos found in this archive come from three main sources: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Each of these sites clearly state that their photos and images are in the public domain and give the conditions for their use."
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Yahoo
http://images.search.yahoo.com/
Details for use of an image are available from the image holders site, which is linked from the image.
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Library Photos [under construction]
This site is a collection of photographs of the University of Waterloo libraries and library staff. These images are owned either by the Library or Graphics. Use of these images must clear copyright. Please contact Esther, Rachel, Rose or Marian for information about using these images. These images are not to be used outside the purview of the University of Waterloo.
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