How to Search for Photos with a Creative Commons License in Google

Google offers Creative Commons customized search. Creative Commons offer a range of licenses which are an improvement on the ‘all rights reserved’ copyrights and provide a ‘some rights reserved’ protection for authors, artists and educators. Here is how to search for photos with a Creative Commons license in Google.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Go to the Google search homepage–http://www.google.com.
2. Click the 'Advanced Search' link beside the search box.
3. Set your preferences to ‘free to share, use or modify’ in the Usage Rights section.
4. Enter your keyword in the search box followed by the word "picture" or "pic."
5. Alternatively, you can go to search.creativecommons.org and search using Google's search engine. This can be done by clicking on the Google tab and entering your search term in the search box.