Highline College Library: ESL Beginner: Find Images and Articles

ESL Levels 1 & 2

Flickr Commons
Search and use hundreds of images with "no known copyright restrictions." A joint venture of Flickr and the Library of Congress, Flickr Commons was designed to increase access to publicly-held photography collections.
Wikipedia Commons: Free Media Resources/Photography
Provides links to a number of sources of freely licensed and public domain images on the Web.

Culturegrams This link opens in a new window
Offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports over 200 countries of the world and the 50 States. Culture Grams go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. It also offers a children's edition.
eLibrary (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A gateway to a wide variety of sources including TV and radio transcripts, magazine articles, reference books, newspapers, maps, pictures, audio and video clips. Contains more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts