When you use images within your writing you must use them to convey information. The images should be linked with what you want to communicate and you should comment on them in your text. They should not be used simply for decoration.

Use these websites to select images appropriate to your purpose:

• Park Photographic Services provide links to a wide range of image libraries, many of them arranged thematically.
  www.parkphoto.co.uk/links/links_6.htm
• The Hulton Picture Archive is an enormous archive of images relating to the United Kingdom from the past 150 years. This site merged with the Getty Museum and is now one of the largest picture libraries in the world. You will probably have to register in order to use this site.
  http://search.hultongetty.com/
• If you use the Google search engine you will probably know that it also has an image finder. Enter the topic for which you need an image and Google will find images for you.
  Google's image search
• If you need a map then National Geographic's Map Machine is the place to start.
• You can also find maps and images on the Discovery Channel site. www.discovery.com/
• The above site has lots of clip art - some of it is animated - at:
  http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

You may want to use images produced by artists. Some sites you could use are as follows:

• World Wide Arts Resources
• NWHQ
• The Louvre
• Art on the Net

You may find that you need to explain how something works. How Stuff Works will give you explanations and images for a whole range of things.

The World Book Encyclopaedia offers lots of more conventional explanations and images at: http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook.html

Film and video clips can be found in a range of sites, mostly related to film companies. Bear in mind that they may take a long time to download, and will be very large files if you try to save them. However, the site below is a good place to start: www.archivefilms.com/