Engage your Audience!
Round out your presentation with powerful images that you can save and drop into your PowerPoint or poster, or find engaging videos that you can show during your presentation or teaching lesson!
Legal Use of Images
- Copyright Law and ImagesCopyright law and legally using images in slide presentations (Jan, 2017).
Quick summary of basic copyright guidelines for using images in your presentation:
- Using Images from GoogleCopyright law and using images and photos from Google (Mar, 2017).
Using ClinicalKey Images
Search and download images in ClinicalKey and use them in your own PowerPoint presentations or posters. View this PowerPoint file for step-by-step instructions.
Baystate Subscription Resources
Note: You are allowed to use images found in these databases for your presentations or posters (non-profit use) but you must include source of image and all copyright notices.
- VisualDxCurated medical image library and skin of color atlas that allows you to search for chief complaints, diagnoses, and drug reactions. Note: for use beyond Baystate Health audiences, you must request permission from the Image Collection Manager at images@visualdx.com.
- Clinical KeyA comprehensive point-of-care search tool that includes medical procedures and thousands of images. Perform a keyword or topic search; from the results screen, choose Images under Source Type. Then use the "Add to Presentation" feature to automatically export images and text into your PowerPoint presentation, copyright information included. View the PowerPoint presentation on the left for step-by-step instructions.
- Access AnesthesiologyMcGraw-Hill's anesthesiology resource that includes eBooks, guidelines, videos, review questions, and more. Export images directly into PowerPoint.
- Access MedicineMcGraw-Hill's electronic resource covering journals, eBooks and more. Use the dropdown menu to search audio, videos, and images. Export images directly into PowerPoint.
- Access SurgeryMcGraw-Hill's surgery resource that includes current surgical information with photos, audio, and video. Export images directly into PowerPoint.
Other Sites with Medical Images
Some of the images found in these databases are free to use and some must be purchased.
- Smart Servier Medical ArtOver 3,000 free medical illustrations, from cellular biology to anatomical diagrams.
- Bio-Image SearchAn aggregated search tool from Stanford's Lane Medical Library that will find images from multiple sites and display them according to their usage restrictions.
- Science Stock Image LibraryBrowse through thumbnail images of viruses, cells, DNA, anatomy, molecules, astronomy, and more. Each thumbnail links to a page featuring a larger version of the image and a detailed description. Select the "Buy License" link in order to purchase the rights to that image according to your intended usage (e.g. Academic).
Surgical Videos
- Videos of Surgical Procedures from Medline PlusHundreds of links to hour-long pre-recorded webcasts of surgical procedures. Production date and institution where video was produced accompanies each selection. Videos may also be useful for patient teaching.
