Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Technology Review: Pixabay

PIXABAY provides access to over a million free images and videos available online.
Providing access to images and videos labeled with the Creative Commons CC0 license, this resource makes it easy to locate and use a wide range of resources.
Users can locate photos, vector graphics, illustrations, and videos. An advanced search option provides more detailed searching. Although the search results display sponsored images in addition to free materials, the sponsored images don’t distract from the free materials. Images can also be accessed by category such as animals or sports.
Students can access the visual resources through the website or download the app through the App Store or Google Play.
Librarians will find this to be an effective tool for students working on class projects. Although Google offers a similar search for free images, this resource provides different and additional results.
To explore the website, go to https://pixabay.com/.