Works in Multiple Formats
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Search reliable sources for creative works including media, images, video, audio, music, web.
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Use the usage rights filter to find web content by category (such as text, videos, audio, or images) you can reuse, share, or modify.
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Search across Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, and collection inventories to locate books, periodicals, photos, and more.
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Southern Connecticut State University — Open Access Resources
Search works including audio, video, images, journals, books, teaching materials, and mixed
Text
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A collection of public domain electronic books.
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29,000 free eBooks available for Kindle, Nook, iPad, and most other eReaders.
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A free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community.
Video
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Center for Media and Social Impact
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
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The Internet Archive — Prelinger Archives
A collection of advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films
Audio
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Public domain audio books
Images
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Smithsonian Institution — Public Domain Images
Via Flickr Commons
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New York Times — Public Domain Images Archives
Via Wikimedia Commons
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Search by image allows you to do a reverse image search, which means you start with an existing image and search for its source(s).
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Search free stock photos and illustrations.
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Stock photos you are free to use and adapt without attributing the original author.
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The NGA has an open access policy for digital images of works of art believed to be in the public domain. Images are free of charge for any use, and users do not need seek permission. Images are available
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This site provides 25,000 free and re-usable images of art, each accompanied by a snippet of information on the original artist.
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Over a million images on Flickr Commons for anyone to use.
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The Getty makes available to be used for any purpose, without charge or permission required, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain.
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Over 100,000 high resolution historical images including manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography, and advertisements are freely available& under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence, with an acknowledgement of the original source.
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A database of millions of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
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Harvard Law School: Finding Public Domain and Creative Commons Images
This guide will help you find and correctly attribute public domain and Creative Commons images.
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Download free and premium stock photos and illustrations produced by our community of professional stock photographers and digital illustrators.
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Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Media
Free photos you're free to adapt, use for commercial purposes, without attribution, under the following conditions: You cannot sell, license, sublicense, rent, transfer or distribute this image exactly as it is without alteration, and you may not claim ownership of this image in its original state, or you can receive permission to use from the owner.