Below the Radar – Image Sources

Looking for Creative Commons Copyright Flickr images but not sure how to cite them? Need a quick Google Image search but it’s blocked? Then try one of the following image sources instead!

ImageCodr.org 
This web site enables you to search Flickr for relevant images and then cite them appropriately. You do have to have access to Flickr.com, so this is not the site to use that will search Flickr, and then share those images without a Flickr domain prefix.

Similar Images Google Search 




This web site doesn’t use the traditional “http://images.google.com” address blocked by so many school district. As a result, it may be one of those sites that technology directors and filtering companies have overlooked, enabling access to wonderful resources. I’m hesitant to include the link here for you since the web censors are reading this blog (and blocking it in some places). That said, it’s a great resource to have access to!

Other Image Search Engines
While you can find what appears to be a comprehensive list online at http://www.faganfinder.com/img/ you might also consider these:

And, of course, FlickrCC.bluemountains.net which is my favorite.

UPDATE – Image Sites that did not work in my situation well (they pulled up but the images themselves did not come up to full-size or were blocked) but you might try anyways:


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