Yahoo Conduit for Images Better than Google?

Well, thanks to professional Gary Price from ResearchShelf.com we have a suggestion to check out Yahoo's image search because it is more convenient and easy than some of its competitors.  How true I found his advice.  When I posted about Google's new narrowing search ability, what I did not know was that it was in Beta format and will disappear without warning.  

As pictured below, Yahoo has a convenient, easy to use image search that allows for public domain (or "creative commons") photos to be searched without having to link to advanced search features.  Please check this out at Gary's suggestion -- which was a blog comment-- thank you Gary.  We are all in this business together and this is just one example of our own PLC!

When Yahoo, Google, and other engines search for creative common images, they are searching Wikimedia, Flickr, Creative Commons and other archives for us.  This is one-stop shopping.  We no longer to drive the Internet superhighway and stop at all the stores--unless of course you prefer the specialty shoppes. 

Google Promotes Information Literacy - Check it out!

Staying current is tough if you don’t read professional journals, follow colleague leaders on Twitter, read industry leader blogs, or following BLOGS sponsored by corporations that have more time than you and I have. Tyranny of the urgent often wins-out for self-preservation. That’s the MO I have been in for the last two months.

Today I picked up a journal and bingo! On the first few pages there were new ideas to implement.
Then, while showing a colleague a way to embed info literacy into her instruction, I stumbled across a new improvement on Google. This, while not revolutionary, was convenient!
While image searching on Google, previously, we would have to click on the "advanced search" option to specifically find images that were public domain (that is, o.k. to use for your own purpose).  They have now moved those options to the left-bar just below the limiters  (see red arrows).
In the picture, I was searching for japanese art.   I could limit this to "find similar images" as the type I really wanted.  That is one way to narrow the search.   On the left bar, notice the narrowing to "labeled for reuse", labeled for commercial reuse, labeled for reuse with modification, etc.   This little tid-bit of information literacy is no longer a click-away.  It's in our student's face. 
BTW -- Google's reuse search, searches places like Wikimedia, Creative Commons, and Flickr pictures uploaded with tags for public domain.    That's one-stop shopping!