Copyright-Friendly Images and Sound for Use in Media Projects
It is important to give credit and not "steal" photos or graphics from others. there are many sites that allow you to use images for school projects. Never use an image without checking the licensing or contacting the owner.
It is important to give credit and not "steal" photos or graphics from others. there are many sites that allow you to use images for school projects. Never use an image without checking the licensing or contacting the owner.
Search Creative Commons
- American Memory Collection: Library of Congress. (click on "Photos and Prints" and check the "Copyright and Restrictions" section for each collection)
- American Memory Maps Collection
- America From the Great Depression to World War II: FSA/OWI 1935-1945 American Memory collection
- Centre for Bioscience ImageBank
- Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839-1864
- Department of the Interior Photo Resources Library
- Graphic Maps.com
- Great Images in NASA (GRIN)
- Incomptech - Royalty Free Music; Search by Genre or "Feel" of Music
- Images of American Political History
- Internet Moving Images Archive (read Conditions of Use)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (Please read copyright info)
- http://www.archives.gov/research/start/online-tools.html
- NARA's (National Archives and Records Administration) NAIL Search
- NASA Image Exchange
- NASA Multimedia Gallery
- NASA's Planetary Photojournal
- National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine
- Picture Collection Online (New York Public Library)
- NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- NOAA - National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library
- Public Health Image Gallery
- Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography
- Selected Civil War Photographs
- Springer Images (scientific images with liberal licensing, read the Copyright restrictions)
- Training Reference: Images for Learning Materials
- US Air Force Link: Photos and Art
- US Fish and Wildlife Services Images
- US Geological Service Photographic Library
- US Navy Images
- USDA Historical Photos
- UTOPIA (UT Austin) Portrait Gallery (historical figures)
- University of Cambridge List of Freely Available Images Links
- EduPic Graphical Resource - Free Photographs and Graphics for Education
- Smithsonian Flickr PhotoStream not available in school
- Picdrome Public Domain pictures. Copyright-free pictures under Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication license CC0.
- Free Photo Gallery - Free images under Creative Commons licence for public domain resources
- Alegri Photos Public domain and Creative Commons images
- Copyright-friendly WebList and Thumbnail list
- Wylio: all-in-one picture finder and re-sizer made specifically for bloggers
- Creative Commons A multimedia CC search, searches across Google, Flickr, Yahoo!, BlipTV, SpinXpress, and OWL Music Search, allowing searchers to specify a search for media to use to modify or for commercial purposes
- Clipart ETC (University South Florida)
- openphoto: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on search in the top bar
- BurningWell (public domain, high resolution photos)
- 25 Free Stock Photo Sites
- Photl
- Free Images Collection (No Copyright, High Resolution, Free Images)
- Wellcome Images (medical and social images)
- 26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog
- Creativity103.com (abstract backgrounds)
- Photos8 (public domain photos and backgrounds)
- OpenClipArt.org
- Public Domain Clipart
- VADS: Free Art and Design Images for Education (Read Terms of Use)
- US Government Photos and Multimedia Most materials is in the public domain, but read the disclaimers.
- Yahoo Creative Commons Search
- Wikimedia Commons: A database of 14 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
- Free Digital Photos
- MorgueFile provides the public and creative community with free photos..
- Free Pixels:images may be used for both personal and commercial purposes under the limitations of this license
- Free Photos Bank
- PD Photo
- Public Domain Pictures - high resolution photos and illustrations under public domain license
- Public Domain Images Public domain images (copyright friendly -safe images), royalty free stock photos. All photos on this site are top quality high resolution public domain images, explicitly placed in the public domain.
- FreeFoto.com
- 4 Free Photos - collection of over 700 free images offered by the photographer
- Free Photo 1
- FreeMediaGoo
- CarPictures.cc
- Black and White Clipart
- Veezzle:free stock photo search engine, indexing free photos from big communities such as SXC, RGBStock, StockVault
- Flickr's Creative Commons Pool: Not available in school. Browse through the images provided by Flickr users who have chosen to offer their pictures under a Creative Commons license. A Flickr Advanced Search also allows you to search for these images easily.
- Flickr Storm Not available in school (select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu)
- FlickrCC Blue Mountains Not available in school Displays attribution
- Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool Not available in school
- Flickr Free Use Photos Not available in school Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
- Beholdcc Not available in school Use the boxes before you search to select licensing
- Shahi Visual Dictionary (check for licensing, many are CC and Wiktionary) Not available in school
- Flickr: The Commons (contributions from major institutions) not available in school
- Library of Congress Photo Stream on Flickr Goals--To increase access to publicly-held photography collections and to provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge. (Check for licensing on individual images.)Not available in school
Sites for Finding Images and Clip Art for Education