What is Picsearch?
Picsearch is a search engine dedicated solely to finding images on the Web.How to Find Images on the Web with Picsearch
Picsearch only provides thumbnail copies of the original images - if you click on the image link, you'll be taken to the originating site, from which you'll need to obtain permission in order to use that image.Finding images on the Web with Picsearch is simple - just navigate to the Picsearch home page and type in a query. Popular searches are rotated on the home page; these usually pertain to movies, celebrities, or current news events.
Search results on Picsearch are organized in a table layout; below each thumbnail is the size, height, and width of the originating picture, along with source information. Picsearch also gives you more search suggestions at the top of the search results page, as well as a text link you can use to report any offensive images (family filters are great but there's no way that they can catch everything).
Picsearch also gives you a few advanced search options; just click on the Advanced Search text link above the main search query bar. You can limit your search by images, animations, black and white photos, etc. In addition, Picsearch has a few Search Help tips to give you that might help with your image search.
Need more sources for images? Try the following resources:
- Thirty Free Image Resources on the Web: Absolutely free images for you to use on any project you might have.
- Best Image Search Engines: There are many great search engines on the Web dedicated to images and images alone. Here are just a few of them.
- 12 Web Resources for Public Domain Images: Public domain means that these images can be used without restrictions. Here are 12 sources online for free, public domain images.
