Audio and Image Resources
Audio Resources
Sound Citation Requirements:
Music and sounds must be cited like all other resources. If you use a sound/song you did not create, you must provide a citation. Songs/sounds should be cited in all cases, even if it in the public domain. The citation should be accessible in the context of the image's use (within a Powerpoint presentation, on a web page, a video, etc.).
Sound citations should include the following information at a minimum:
Recording Title
Band/group name
Producer
Sound source (database, website, etc.)
Date accessed
Providers:
Image Resources
Image Citation Requirements:
Images must be cited like all other resources. If you use an image you did not create, you must provide a citation. Images should be cited in all cases, even if the image is very small, or in the public domain.
A URL (Universe Resource Locator) or web address is NOT a citation!
The citation should be accessible in the context of the image's use (within a Powerpoint presentation, on a web page, in a paper, etc.).
Image citations should include the following information at a minimum:
Title
Creator name
Repository information (museum, library, or other owning institution)
Image source (database, website, book, postcard, vendor, etc.)
Date accessed
It is also useful to include date, culture, and rights information, if known.
Creative Commons Image Search - Search images with licensing for reuse. Be sure to check each image to see the licensing requirements.
Wikimedia Commons - Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone.
Quickly and easily search Flickr for Creative Common images - then download a properly cited image. You must download the image to get the citation information.
Public Domain Images:
MorgueFiles - Thousands of beautiful images licensed for reuse. Must be 18 years of age and sign an agreement to view and use images.
Photos Public Domain Thousands of high quality public domain photographs free for any use, with no restrictions. Collections included are: textures, animals, nature, and a variety of stock images for any use, including commercial.
US History Photos - A growing collection of free images related to United States history.
4 Free Photos - Public domain images.
Picdrome - growing Public Domain picture collection: no copyright, licensed under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication. All items are free to download and use, without restriction.
Open Clip Art - This project is an archive of public domain clip art.
Reusable Art - An ever-growing collection of vintage drawings, illustrations and photographs from books, magazines and other printed materials. Original publication information is included with each image for copyright verification. All images meet or exceed the Berne Convention standard for a creative work to be in the public domain.
For an EXPANSIVE list see Public Domain Image Resources .