Finding Free-to-use Images: Public domain, open licenses, and more! Online
In this hands-on, 60-minute session, you will learn how to find and use free or openly licensed images—such as medical illustrations and stock photographs—to enrich presentations, patient education materials, clinical teaching resources, and more. You'll explore tools including Google Images, image databases, and trusted online sources to locate appropriate visuals. The session also covers how to interpret image licensing and properly cite images to ensure ethical and legal use.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this 60-minute session, you will know:
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How copyright relates to images.
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Where to find free-to-use images
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What Public Domain is and is not
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How to interpret Creative Commons licenses and terms-of-use
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How to cite images appropriately
Recommended for: Nova Scotia Health staff who create print, online, or educational content.
Related LibGuide: Copyright
- Date:
- Friday, November 14, 2025
- Time:
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Atlantic Time (change)
- Zone:
- All Zones
- Categories:
- Copyright Library Services
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent in an email confirming your registration.
*** BEFORE YOU REGISTER ***
To participate in an online session, you will need:
- An audio output device connected (headphones or speakers) to be able to hear the instructor
- If you do not have an audio input device (webcam or microphone), you may type in the chat window
- Experience using chat
- Experience copying/pasting text and URLs
If you do not meet the above requirements, please consider requesting a one-on-one consult.
To make the session more accessible, check out the following videos that include instruction on how to enable live captions and use PowerPoint Live features such as magnification and high contrast colours:
- How to make meetings more accessible and inclusive with Microsoft Teams [YouTube]
- Make presentations more accessible with PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams [YouTube]
You can join the Teams meeting on your computer or mobile app using the URL you will receive in the Confirmation and Reminder emails.
You can join a Teams meeting whether or not you have a Teams account. If you don't have an account, follow these steps to join as a 'Guest':
- Paste the Teams meeting link into a Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser address bar
- On the web page that opens, select Continue on this browser
- Enter your name and choose your audio/video settings
- Click Join now
For more information on joining as a 'Guest', please go to: Joining a Teams Meeting without a Teams account*
For more information on Teams Meetings, please check out: https://novascotia.sharepoint.com/sites/Health-TheCompass-BPS/SitePages/Microsoft-Teams.aspx*.
*Internal link, you must be on the Nova Scotia Health network and use Microsoft Edge to access
