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Medicine & Health Professions: Find Images & Video

Resources for students

Finding Images

Image by "Dental Ben" used under Creative Commons License

Millions of images are available for you to use in your class papers or presentations.

Creative Commons Flickr Images
Images that you can use for free under Creative Commons licenses. The search page explains the Creative Commons system.
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Provides access to images from the National Library of Medicine. There are approximately 70,000 images of all descriptions. The search includes a copyright filter that lets you limit to public domain items.

Help Citing Images And Video

Finding Streaming Video

Special Resources

Health & Medicine Videos in Films On Demand
A subject browsing list. Click "Subject" in the Filters list to narrow the scope of the videos.

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