Copyright-Free Image & Sound Resources

Remember that you still must ALWAYS give credit & cite the source, even with "free to use" images!

• Photos for Class

• Pics4Learning Free photos for educational use only.

• Morguefile

• Pixabay

• Flickr Commons Photographs in the public domain.

• Google Images - with a catch: Must go to "Search Tools" at the top, then click on "Usage Rights" and select usage purpose. For school projects, this would be the last option, "labeled for noncommercial reuse."

• Unsplash Free photographs for projects

• PikWizard Free stock photos with Creative Commons licensing and assistance for attribution

Remember that you still MUST give attribution & cite your source, even with "Royalty Free" music, licensed under Creative Commons licenses.

• FreePlay Music Teachers need to register for an account; for use within the school only (licensing requires user is over 18)

• Musopen Register for an account; download 5 recordings per day for free, or stream; search by composer, performer, form, or instrument

• Internet Archive Over 3 million files, but not all are copyright friendly - check licensing and usage rights carefully!

• Free Music Archive Need to create an account; free music licensed under various Creative Commons licenses - check usage rights carefully; searchable by curator or genre

• SoundBible No account needed; download free sound effects, sound bites, and sound clips - some under Creative Commons licenses and some in public domain

• SoundGator Need to create an account; download sound effects for free - organized by category

• DigCCMixter Contains music for either free to use in non-commercial or commercial uses - check each recordings specifications; no account needed and citation available once you click on the download option