Media Copyright
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Sources of Licensed Images
At Carleton
- 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.
Image collections for education
There are few collections specifically devoted to educators. These are a sampling of your options.
Free Stock Photo Sites
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.
- 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.
- Google Images > Tools > Usage RightsTo find Creative Commons images, click "Tools" then "Usage Rights" in the results page.
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.
