Finding Multimedia Resources

Use the Creative Commons Search tool to find photos, music, text, books, educational material, and more that is free to share or build upon.

"Explore 58,245,981 artworks, artefacts, books, films and music from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives"

Some Flickr photos are under a creative commons licence. Search for photos using keywords, and when you find a photo that you like, scroll down to Additional Information to see what kind of rights you have to share the image. Go to Advanced Search to limit your search to only images under a Creative Commons license.

Use the power of Google to find images. Remember to cite your source when using images. Look for images that give permission or Creative Commons licenses.

"This library contains digital images uploaded by Archive users which range from maps to astronomical imagery to photographs of artwork. Many of these images are available for free download."

Access through group or item records to more than 95% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about 1.2 million in all.

Free and open access to over 640,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

This collection of NWTC-created full-color medical images contains illustrations "from basic anatomy to the food pyramid..." Each image is available in .jpg and .pdf formats and can be used for educational purposes without violating copyright law. Instructors can contact Online Multimedia Designer Theresa Bishop to create additional illustrations.

Public domain images

Free stock photos

Royalty free stock photos

Thousands of historic media files and cultural artifacts

Free stock photos for commercial use

Upload an image file or url to find out "where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions." Useful when you want a better version of an image.

Free stock photos

Over 14 million contributed media files -- free to use. Use the Community Portal to learn more about uploading and using files.

Free access to use the images used in the Learning Objects at Wisc-Online.