Images and Video
There are many great sources for images in the public domain and creative commons-licensed content:
- Creative Commons Search
Allows you to search for CC-licensed material by media type
- College Art Association Image Sources
Links to free, restricted and unrestricted, image banks.
- Flickr Advanced Search
Choose “Only search within Creative Commons-Licensed Content.”
- Google Advanced Image Search
Use the “Usage Rights” field to limit by license type.
- Library of Congress: American Memory
A free “digital record of American history and creativity.” Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog - Photographs, prints, drawings, posters, and architectural drawings, and more.
- NGA Images
Public domain artworks from the collections of the National Gallery of Art.
- Noun Project
Free clip art images requiring creator credit.
- NYPL Digital Gallery
Illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs, and more, from the New York Public Library.
- US Government Photos & Images
Public domain images by topic.
- Wellcome Images
All images are made available under Creative Commons licenses.
- Wikimedia Commons
Browse or search for freely reusable images.
- Wikipedia Public Domain Images
List of public domain image sources on the web.
- Creative Commons Search
Allows you to search for CC-licensed material by media type
