Image Search
Finding and Using Images that Follow Copyright Laws
You must follow Fair Use Copyright Laws when using the creative works of others in your own work.
To learn much more about copyright law and intellectual property watch the Crash Course called Intellectual Property.
✪ Check who owns it
✪ Get permission to use it
✪ Give credit to the creator
✪ Buy it (if necessary)
✪ Use it responsibly
images
Stockio - Free Photos, Vectors, Icons, Fonts and Videos. Thousands of files for personal and commercial use.
Pixabay - Over 1 million photos, vectors, illustrations, and videos.
Unsplash - Beautiful, free photos gifted by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Pik Wizard - Free images library with search and categories. Provides clear directions for attribution.
ReShot - Uniquely free photos. Handpicked, non-stocky images.
Flat Icon - Icons for Everything. Quickly find the icon you want, change its color and size, then insert it right into your Google Slides or Google Docs.
videos
Pexels - Completely free videos licensed under Creative Commons.
Pixabay Videos - From beautiful landscapes to cityscapes, you’re sure to find something you’d like.
Coverr - Beautiful free videos for your homepage.
Videezy - Free HD Stock Footage & 4K Videos!
Videvo - Impressive videos, library size, and amount of categories.
Library of Congress National Screening Room - About 300 videos that are digital copies of films made in the 19th and 20th centuries. You can browse the collection by date, location of the filming, and subject.
music and sound effects
BenSound - about 175 music tracks arranged in eight categories: acoustic/folk, cinematic, corporate/pop, electronica, urban/groove, jazz, rock, and world.
ccMixter - Thousands of hours of free music - all you have to do is give credit to the musicians. Tutorial here.
Audio Micro - 2,000+ free sound effects, loops, and stock music.
National Jukebox - Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress
To visit the old library website, go to bmsresearch.weebly.com