Copyright+Free+Material


 * Giving credit when credit is due is part of doing research, whether it is pictures, text, audio or video you MUST cite where you got your information from. Below is a list of copyright friendly sites, each with instructions and limitations for use. All of these sites were compiled from various sources, librarians and teachers accross the nation . This wiki is a wonderful resouce for all copyright friendly material. **

65,281 pieces of free clipart and growing every week.
Welcome to quality educational clipart. Every item comes with a choice of image size and format as well as complete source information for proper citations in school projects. No advertisement-filled pages with pop-up windows or inappropriate links here. A friendly [|license] allows teachers and students to use up to 50 educational clipart items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission.


 * //ClipPix ETC// is your source for photos and pictures for classroom use. ** A friendly [|license] allows teachers and students to use up to 25 free photos in a single, non-commercial school project without further permission. Each photo is available in multiple sizes as well as a high-resolution TIFF image for quality printing. The classroom-appropriate pictures on //ClipPix ETC// are great images for school websites, class projects, student reports, homework assignments, presentations, posters, art projects, picture books, bulletin boards, and creating teaching aids. Select one of the picture categories below or enter a search term in the box above.


 * [|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]
 * [|Flickr's Creative Commons Pool]: 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.
 * [|Wylio]: //all-in-one picture finder and re-sizer made specifically for bloggers//
 * [|Flickr Storm](select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu)
 * [|FlickrCC Blue Mountains]Displays attribution
 * [|Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool]
 * [|Veezzle]:free stock photo search engine, indexing free photos from big communities such as SXC, RGBStock, StockVault
 * [|Flickr Free Use Photos]Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
 * [|Beholdcc]Use the boxes before you search to select licensing
 * [|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
 * [|Shahi Visual Dictionary] (check for licensing, many are CC and [|Wiktionary])
 * [|Flickr: The Commons](contributions from major institutions)
 * [|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]
 * [|Sevenload.com]
 * [|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.
 * [|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.)
 * [|Yahoo Creative Commons Search]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons]: A database of 14 [|freely usable] media files to which [|anyone can contribute].
 * [|Images by type]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Science]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Nature]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Society]
 * [|Free Digital Photos]
 * [|Pics4Learning]Copyright friendly images for education
 * [|GetMedia]
 * [|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]
 * [|stock.xchng]
 * [|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]
 * [|OurMedia]
 * [|FreeMediaGoo]
 * [|AnimalPhotos.info]
 * [|CarPictures.cc]
 * [|Images for Education](for UK higher ed.)
 * [|Black and White Clipart]


 * Other portals (some subject-specific)**


 * [|Smithsonian Flickr PhotoStream]
 * [|PBase World Gallery](amateur photos organized by country)
 * [|Digital Librarian Images](check for licensing)
 * [|Flickr-Related Tag Search](not all CC)
 * [|Free Military Photos]
 * [|GeekPhilosopher]
 * [|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
 * [|Art Images for College Teaching]
 * [|Centre for Bioscience ImageBank]
 * [|Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839-1864]
 * [|Department of Agriculture Image Gallery]
 * [|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)]
 * [|NARA's Search Tools]
 * [|NARA's (National Archives and Records Administration) NAIL Search]
 * [|NASA Image Exchange]
 * [|NASA Multimedia Gallery]
 * [|NASA's Planetary Photojournal]
 * [|National Health Museum](AccessExcellence)
 * [|NIH Image Bank]
 * [|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]
 * [|Science Images (Earth Zone)]
 * [|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)
 * [|Pics4Learning]
 * [|University of Cambridge List of Freely Available Images Links]
 * [|EduPic Graphical Resource - Free Photographs and Graphics for Education]