Finding Images/Video to use in School Projects
It is the creator's (YOU!) responsibility to check for copyright and fair use guidelines when using images. While these links may take you to images or video clips you may use, be sure you double check the copyright and make sure you are following fair use guidelines. Especially if your project is going on the open web, it is more important to take the time to make sure your are legally using the images/video.
Photos, Video and Other Images
The Dartmouth Library - www.dartmouth.edu/~library/schcomm/CreativeCommonsWorkshop.html#Att
A resource of links to public domain and creative commons licensing.
The Smithsonian - www.si.edu/
"The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex. We are a community of learning and the opener of doors. " Smithsonian home page
http://www.pics4learning.com/
"Pics4Learning is a curated image library that is safe and free for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and illustrations for classroom projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other projects in an educational setting." Pics4Learning website
https://archive.org/
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
https://archive.org/details/prelinger
"Rick Prelinger and The Internet Archive hereby offer public domain films from Prelinger Archives to all for free downloading and reuse."
http://www.photosforclass.com/
Photos For Class and Photos for Work makes it as easy as possible to properly attribute photos, especially for printed or presented materials so that there is no worry about plagiarism or stolen work.
When you click download we automatically generate a watermarked image that contains
Creative Commons helps you search a wide variety of images. "Please note that search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. "
https://www.pexels.com/public-domain-images/
"You can find thousands of high quality public domain images on Pexels. The search function below allows you to search for various keywords and images of all kinds of topics. Since the public domain images on Pexels are all licensed under a creative commons zero license you can download and use them for free even for commercial purposes."
https://www.archives.gov/
The National Archives, in general, has a vast number of resources, most of which may be used because they are in the public domain. Refer below for how to properly cite images you find.
A resource of links to public domain and creative commons licensing.
The Smithsonian - www.si.edu/
"The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex. We are a community of learning and the opener of doors. " Smithsonian home page
http://www.pics4learning.com/
"Pics4Learning is a curated image library that is safe and free for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and illustrations for classroom projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other projects in an educational setting." Pics4Learning website
https://archive.org/
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
https://archive.org/details/prelinger
"Rick Prelinger and The Internet Archive hereby offer public domain films from Prelinger Archives to all for free downloading and reuse."
http://www.photosforclass.com/
Photos For Class and Photos for Work makes it as easy as possible to properly attribute photos, especially for printed or presented materials so that there is no worry about plagiarism or stolen work.
When you click download we automatically generate a watermarked image that contains
- The name of the author
- The name of the photo
- A link to the original photo
- The name and type of license along with a link to read it
Creative Commons helps you search a wide variety of images. "Please note that search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. "
https://www.pexels.com/public-domain-images/
"You can find thousands of high quality public domain images on Pexels. The search function below allows you to search for various keywords and images of all kinds of topics. Since the public domain images on Pexels are all licensed under a creative commons zero license you can download and use them for free even for commercial purposes."
https://www.archives.gov/
The National Archives, in general, has a vast number of resources, most of which may be used because they are in the public domain. Refer below for how to properly cite images you find.
Copyright/Fairuse Resources
https://www.archives.gov/global-pages/publish-photos.html
"Generally, photographic records copied and sold by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) may be published without special permission or additional fees. NARA does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges. Copies of Federal records, as part of the public domain, are equally available to all.
A portion of the photographs among our holdings are or may be subject to copyright restrictions. The National Archives does not confirm the copyright status of photographs, but will provide any information filed with the photograph."
"Generally, photographic records copied and sold by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) may be published without special permission or additional fees. NARA does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges. Copies of Federal records, as part of the public domain, are equally available to all.
A portion of the photographs among our holdings are or may be subject to copyright restrictions. The National Archives does not confirm the copyright status of photographs, but will provide any information filed with the photograph."