First, it is "copyRIGHT", the right to copy. The right to write, a different matter, is also mentioned in the amended Constitution as I recall.
The best place to find public domain illustrations is Wiki. Here's a great EM looking at fenestrated endothelium in a liver sinusoid. Note the dandy blunt microvili in Disse’s space also.
For those with text only, here’s the URL from the Wikimedia Commons:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Sinusoid.jpeg
-Alan
On 4/18/07 5:46 PM, "Trevor Day" <taday@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This copywrite thread has reminded me of a topic that I have wondered
> about for some time. I teach an MCAT preparation course for a private
> company on a contract basis. There is a text that comes with registration,
> but there are no instructor resources associated with it. Short of
> scanning the figures (which aren't great) from the text into Power Point
> for use in class, I would like to find a source of figures that I can use
> in class in my Power Point lectures and subsequently be able to email the
> Power Point slides to the students who want them for study review, free of
> copywrite violations (and guilt!).
>
> I vaguely recall a thread some time ago regarding the building such a
> resource. Can anyone advise if there is anything out there that offers
> 'copywrite free' figures/diagrams for basic biology and human physiology?
> Any other ideas of what you would do, or have done, in this situation
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Trevor