From his blog I learned that the tool bar in Google image search has recently been improved. The particular change which I'm referring to makes it much easier to filter your search by usage rights. I tried this in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome and it worked the same in each of them. First go to Google.com, and do an image search. This brings up a bunch of images as well as a toolbar across the top of the page. Next you pull down the options under "Search Tools" and select the "Usage Rights" filter. From there you get choices like: "labelled for reuse", "labelled for commercial reuse", etc. The only option you would want to stay away from would be the "not filtered by license"--by avoiding that choice you know that you won't be using an image which someone would like to restrict you from using.
The graphics below show the two steps I just described.
When using Chrome you have another useful tool - but it does not work in other browsers. You can search for a "visually similar image" by dragging a picture into the image search bar. Google will upload your picture and then search for similar images. If that exact image appears on web pages you will get a list of those pages. You will also see images that are similar in nature to the one you uploaded. Keep in mind this is not a perfect tool, but at times it can be useful.
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