Please use the resources on this page to help you with projects, presentations, instructional support, and other creative endeavors.All links take you to royalty-free, open access, Creative Commons Open, and/or Public Domain resources.
Photos and Video
NY Public Library Digital Collections - Explore 863,600 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections, including prints, photographs, maps, streaming video and more.
Library of Congress - This page features items from the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse.
Flickr Commons - In collaboration with the Library of Congress and Flickr users, this a collection of free-to-use images.
Unsplash - A collection of high-quality images added by users all over the globe. (Pay attention to the attribution credits before using.)
Pexels - Offering both photos and videos, this user generated repository can be searched by keyword/subject. (Pay attention to the attribution credits before using.)
Music
dig.cc Mixter - Though this site is minimalistic in design, the entire repository is Creative Commons open licensing.
Musopen - Founded in 2012, Musopen is a 501(c) 3 non-profit based out of San Francisco, CA. They work to increase access to music education by providing free music recordings, sheet music, apps, and educational materials.
BandMusic Library - Offers sheet music that is in the Public Domain and can be used by any musical group.
Text and eBooks
Center for the of the Public Doman - this site has a list of well-known works that have entered the public domain in recent years (archives go back to 2010).
HathiTrust - leading this era by empowering a diverse collective of research and teaching libraries from around the globe. Their digital library preserves the published record for durable, long-term, and lawful access, stewarded in partnership with the academic institutions supporting our work.
Project Gutenberg - You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
NY Public Library Digital Collections - Explore 863,600 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections, including letters and manuscripts.
