LibGuides: NSG460 &amp; NSG460A: Community Healthcare: 410 Travel

Finding Medical or Health Related Images

Please check the usage policies for each site before downloading any images and don't forget to cite your sources.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
PHIL organizes CDC pictures into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science and presents content as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.
National Institute of Health (NIH) Image Bank
Contains images from the collections of the 27 Institutes and Centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health. Contents include general bio-medical and science related images, clinicians, computers, patient care-related images, and microscopy images.
MedlinePlus: ADAM Medical Encyclopedia
Includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries and contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

Tip! Citing Images in APA Style

Basic Format for an Electronic Image

Author (Role of Author). (Year image was created). Title of work [Type of work], Retrieved from: URL (address of website)

Basic Format for an Electronic Image (No Author)

Title of work [Type of work]. (Year image was created). Retrieved from: URL (address of website)

Basic Format for an Electronic Image (No Author, No Title, No Date)

Many images found on the Web are of this category, but you should still look for this missing information: try clicking on the image, and/or looking at the bottom of the image.

[Subject and type of work]. Retrieved from: URL (address of website)

CDC Yellow Book 2014

CDC Health Information for International Travel 2016 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff (Editor); Gary W. Brunette
This 2016 edition offers the US government's most current health recommendations for travelers to international destinations, including disease risk maps, country-specific guidelines, and vaccine requirements and recommendations.