Research Guides: Google: How To Leverage the Power of Internet Searching: Google Images

About Google Images

Google Images is a Google tool for searching indexed images on the Web.

Getting Help

Getting the exact image you want can be time consuming in Google Images when your results show non-relevant images or mixes photos with graphs, and text with line drawings.

Go to Google Image Help and learn how to:

trouble shoot when images are loading slowly
apply filters
use keyboard shortcuts

Using Google Image Search

Save time and use the Advanced Image Search feature from Google Image search page. You will be able to set various parameters for your images search results to help you get the best image with the correct usage rights, efficiently and accurately.

You can:

choose the image content (faces, clip art, line drawings)
select the preferred size (S, M L, XL, and various pixel combinations)
select the aspect (panoramic, tall, square, wide)
choose file type (JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMV, SVG)
choose user rights (commercial use, labeled for reuse with modification, etc.)
safe search to avoid returning inappropriate image content

Getting Copyright-Friendly Images

To prevent plagiarism and copyright infringement, obtain permission for and credit the source of all images, graphs, photos, and other artwork.

Check out the following copyright-friendly sources of visuals:

Classroom Clipart