Image collections online
- Gallica - Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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This is a rich digital archive of French primary sources.
- Europeana This link opens in a new window
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A large collections with artworks, artifacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe. Has filters for Open Licenses.
- Carleton collections containing imagesThe library subscribes to many sources of images, each of which has its own license agreement. If you want to publish or otherwise publicly display an image from one of these collections, read its Terms of Use carefully.
Creative Commons Images for Reuse
- Wikimedia CommonsOver 16 million freely usable media files. Like Wikipedia, anyone can contribute to the collection. Copyright and licensing information is provided for every image.
- Flickr: The CommonsCollection of photographs that are free of copyright restrictions from dozens of cultural institutions around the world, including the Smithsonian, several U.S. museums, several state archive, NARA, and New York Public Library. Be aware that this is a separate Flickr stream from the main institutional Flickr sites, which often contain copyrighted images.
- Creative Commons SearchSearch for items that have been licensed for reuse.
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A large collections with artworks, artifacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe. Has filters for Open Licenses.
Google Images Licensed for Reuse
In Google images, click on "Tools" and then "Usage Rights." Then select the type of rights that match your needs.
Online Music
- Internet Archive - Audio Collections
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Recordings in a range of genres, including radio shows, music, audio books, and more. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download.
- Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Includes audio files from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings comprising a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.
