Research Guides: Personal Development 115: Images & Websites

Finding Images

The following tools allow you to search for images on the web. For more online image resources see the Images page on the Art Research and Finding Images research guide.

Google Images
A search engine for finding images on the web. Includes a reverse image search, as well as tools for images by size, color, type, date, and usage rights.
Pexels
Provides photos and videos that can be used for free.
Pixabay
Provides images, videos, and music that can be used for free.
Unsplash
Over 3 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Wikimedia Commons
A repository of free media files licensed for reuse (often with attribution or other limitations) from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Tips for Finding Good Web Sources

Google Advanced Search
You can use Google Advanced Search to find credible internet sources by limiting search results.
- Choose a domain, like .edu, .gov, or .org, to filter out .com information.
- Explore limiting file type to .pdf to find documents that may have been professionally edited.

SIFT & PICK Fact Checking & Source Evaluation
A printable version of the SIFT & PICK approach to evaluating sources using lateral reading (SIFT) to fact check a source and vertical reading (PICK) to decide whether it is the best source for your needs.

Finding Credible Web Sources
Our Finding Credible Web Sources guide has more tips on searching the Internet.

Searching for Images

The following video provides strategies for searching for images (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):