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Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)

Resource guide for instructors interested in adopting Open Access or Zero-Cost resources for their courses.

Biology & Health Sciences Image Collections

Open Access Images - Biology & Health Sciences


Picture shows different categories of images in this database: Human Anatomy, Cyanobacteria, Botany, Plant Cells, and General Biology.
 
Biology Specific Collections

Biology, anatomy, and botany images published by CA community college faculty under a CC license.

A catalog of images from the Center for Disease Control. Use by public health professionals, the media, lab scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public for reference, teaching and presentations is encouraged.

Visual materials and videos produced by federal government entities are available in the public domain and, therefore, free from copyright restrictions. However, some images may be contributed by other authors/publishers and protected by copyright. Make sure to check that the image is not protected by restrictions for reuse.


 
The Creative Commons Search homepage contains 15 open image databases to choose from, automatically fitering each database to CC-licensed images.
 
General Collections
Millions of freely usable media files contributed by users.

Search for media that is published under a CC license.

Free, high-quality stock photos and royalty-free images.

Content from the LC digital collections that is either in the public domain, has no known copyright, or has been cleared by the copyright owner for public use.

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