LibGuides: A Short Course in Copyright for NWACC Faculty: Royalty-free &amp; Public Domain Resources

Open Access

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Find more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Pixabay
Huge variety of public domain images. Warning: the first row of images in any search are sponsored results from Shutterstock and are not in the public domain.
The Morgue File
"Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!"
Openverse - Creative Commons Search
Search for images, video, sounds, and more with Creative Commons licenses. Use as permitted under license conditions.
Library of Congress Collection
Produced by the Library of Congress and mostly free. Be sure to check the copyright statement before using.
Archival Research Catalog
National Archives Database of various governmental and historical images, videos, sound bites. Be sure to check each resource's copyright statement.
EveryStockPhoto
Royalty-free image aggregator; pulls from a number of sources, including stock xchng and Flickr.
The Commons
Royalty free images brought to you by Flickr
Free Images
The only drawback is you have to join this site first.
Google LIFE Photo Archive
Images with copyright restrictions will have a note on the actual image.

FREE Sound Effects
A listing of sound effects for video productions.
FindSounds
"A free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples."
Freeplay Music
Free music and sound effects.
Free Sound Effects
"You may use the sound effects on this web site free of charge in your video, film, audio and multimedia productions..."
Incompetech
Royalty-free music.
Sound Effects Libraries
Free sound effects and also links to licensed providers.

Openverse - Creative Commons Search
Search for images, video, sounds, and more with Creative Commons licenses. Use as permitted under license conditions.
Project Gutenberg
Find full-text books in the public domain.
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Free ebooks with expired copyrights.
HathiTrust
Limit search to public domain by selecting "full view only" or year of publication.
Standard Ebooks
Browse open source, public domain books.

ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
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Contains public domain literary works. Provide a link in Canvas to any of the content.
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Find full-text ebooks of literary classics. Link to all content from Canvas.

Choral Public Domain Library
Historic American Sheet Music
Duke University's repository of sheet music published fin the US from 1850 - 1920.
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music (1870-1885)
From the Library of Congress, published from 1870-1885.
Sheet Music International