How to Legally & Ethically Use Media
When creating presentations and posters, you should use images that expressly allow you to reuse the work; typically, these are described as images with a Creative Commons license. As students, remember to use the Citations button or Check Cite to help you cite the images properly in your work.
Image Resources
- Storyblocks This link opens in a new windowThousands of downloadable video clips, images, backgrounds, sound effects and more. First-time users must create an individual account using these instructions.
- Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) This link opens in a new windowThousands of images, videoclips, animations, presentations, and audio files that support healthcare education.
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL) This link opens in a new windowPictorial, rather than textual health information, PHIL presents access to CDC images, organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science.
- Creative Commons (CC) SearchCC Search lets you search common websites like Google, Flickr, YouTube, and more to find images that are specifically available modify, adapt, or build upon or use commercially.
- New England Journal of Medicine - Figures and MultimediaTables, images, video, and audio resources related to research in the NEJM.
- Figure1- Discover images by anatomy or specialty
- View interesting medical cases from around the world for free - NIH Flickr ImagesContains images of:
- Scientific images
- Research labs
- Historical images
- 3D print images - Wikimedia CommonsA collection of millions of media files on an enormous range of subjects that are FREE to use and to which anyone can contribute.
Infographics
As you use images to help display a message or concept in a report or presentations, infographics are stand-alone visual representations of large amounts of data.
To find some, go to
To make your own infographics based on a .CSV file, go to
Use of these can help explain complex systems or decision-making processes in a visual way, such as in the example below about "scientific evidence for dietary supplements."
and adjust the image to filter supplements based on their relationship with particular conditions, as well as connect to the key studies and evidence found in PubMed or Cochrane used to develop this infographic.