Archer Library: Kinesiology and Health Studies: Medical Images

Medical Images

Medical Images on the Web

Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
Freely accessible digital teaching materials of the highest quality. Requires free registration.
Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
Most of these public health related images are in the public domain and therefore copyright free. Each has a statement immediately below giving its copyright status.
NIH Image Gallery
Most NIH images are available for use are in the public domain. If you would like to use an image, please credit the National Institutes of Health.
Pixabay
Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images, videos and music. All contents are released under the Pixabay License, which makes them safe to use without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist - even for commercial purposes.

Image Databases

Britannica ImageQuest
ImageQuest allows users to create their own image stories and dictionaries. Available with a multi-language option, including French, and four other languages, ImageQuest comes with with access to over 3,000,000 images with rights that have been cleared for educational use. Includes images recently added from All Canada Photo, and Toronto Star and more content on the way from DesignPics Canada, Canadian Newspaper archival images and major Canadian museums. ImageQuest is cross-linked with the Britannica Online, users can link directly to the ImageQuest from inside the Britannica.

More Free Images on the Internet

Although these sites claim to have free images you can use, please read over the terms and conditions of each site you use and take note of the creative commons licenses so you know exactly when and what type of attribution is required

Openverse
Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project. It searches Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from dozens of different sources.
Unsplash
The internet’s source of freely-usable images.
Burst
Provided by Shopify, offers free stock images for websites and commercial use
Pexels
Free stock photos & videos you can use everywhere
FreeImages
Free Stock Photos & Royalty-Free Images.
StockSnap
New CC0 images added daily, free from copyright restrictions.
Canva
Millions of high-quality free photos.
Flickr
Flickr is an American image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States.
Getty Images
Freely access over 66 million images to create non-commercial websites and blogs

Examples of Image Attribution

Image source: National Institute of Health

Photo by Nyaya Health, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Licence.

Licensing Information

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License.