Embedded Files
Image can bring your research to life and help learners solidify their knowledge. Below are some of the most commonly used image websites. You will also find resources for audio sources at the end of the page. Always be sure to cite your sources. This includes text, images, or audio files.
Please keep in mind that when searching these resources remotely or at home (computers not on the school network and thus not protected by our filters) that your filters may not be "strong" enough to block inappropriate images, e.g., images that appear based on a keyword search or ads that might appear on these sites. Make sure you are assisting your student with the image search process.
Visual Resources
Visual Resources
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization where individuals post their body of work for free. The purpose is to increase creativity by having images available in "the commons" for all to share, repurpose, and remix.
Click on the videos to the right to learn more about Creative Commons.
From the Creative Commons Website: "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. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link."
The Internet Archive contains millions of free books, movies, software, music, and websites.
Pixabay is a collection of over 1.4 million royalty free stock photos, drawings, clipart, and videos.
"You can freely use any image from this website in digital and printed format, for personal and commercial use, without attribution requirement to the original author."
The Library of Congress has been acquiring photos since the mid-1800s when photography was the hot new technology. Collections include images from the Civil War, 19030s-40s (Great Depression), Abraham Lincoln, WWI, WPA Posters, etc. This is amazing resource to locate historical public domain images.
BigFoto is a royalty-free photo agency where most of the photographs are from amateur photographers.
Free Digital Photos contains a huge selection of photos and illustrations produced by a community of professional stock photographers and digital illustrators.
"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."
"Stock Vault offer thousands of pictures and illustrations of people, animals, buildings and street photography, beautiful landscapes, plant & flower photos, objects from computers & electronics to food images, and jewelry photos."
Use Open Photo to search a specific image or browse their collection from A-Z. This site has everything from Animals to Weather.
Pixnio contains many high quality copyright friendly images sorted by category.
Copyright Friendly is a wiki devoted to Copyright friendly images and sounds. Most of the media in these collections are attached to generous copyright licensing.
Audial Resources
Audial Resources
"Soundzabound Music Library offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for grade K -12 and universities that ensures your copyright safety. Perfect for podcasts, PowerPoint™, videos, news, shows, video yearbooks, digital storytelling, presentations, TV broadcasts, web design and more!"
Freesound contains more than 230,000 sounds and effects. Sounds cover a wide range of subjects from audio samples and field recordings to synthesized sounds.
Sound Snap contains over 220,000 professional sound effects.
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