Sites with Creative Commons Licensed Free Images and Sounds
These links are to external websites that offer free, royalty-free and Creative Commons licensed images and sounds. Creative Commons licensed media usually requires attribution but is free to use in educational contexts. See the Copyright page for additional information about licensing.
Images
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All of the images you will find in this repository can be reused, modified, and shared for free; more information about the Pixabay License.
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All of the images you will find in this repository can be reused, modified, and shared for free; more information about the Unsplash license. AllGo collects free plus-size stock photos in Unsplash.
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Media file repository of public domain and freely-licensed educational media content.
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People
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Free Stock photography featuring plus-size people at home; License: Attribution not required. While attribution is not required to use the photos, they do ask that you please credit AllGo and photographer Michael Poley of Poley Creative
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Repository of original print-quality photos of real preK–12 students and teachers; Licensed CC-BY-NC
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Free stock photography, interviews, and portraits featuring disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color), varied body sizes/types, sexual orientations, and gender identities in the Pacific Northwest; Licensed CC BY
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Free stock photos of trans and non-binary people; Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Please credit The Gender Spectrum Collection in your captions
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Free images of women’s lives and work, created by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Getty Images; Licensed free for non-commercial use under Creative Commons licensing (CC BY-NC-4.0)
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Hand-drawn, mix-and-match illustration library; Licensed CC0
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Icons from many diverse themes; Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Icons of diverse women; Licensed Creative Commons Public Domain CC0 1.0
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Photo library of women of color using technology; Licensed CC BY #WOCinTech Chat or WOCinTechChat.com
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Content Specific
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1 million images scanned from 17th, 18th, and 19th century books; Licensed Public Domain
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30,000 high resolution images; Licensed CC0 1.0
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High resolution images from the Getty Museum's permanent collection; Licensed Public Domain
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Description needed; Licensed CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise noted
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Images from The New York Times that were published prior to January 1, 1923; Licensed Public Domain
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High-resolution downloads; Licensed Public Domain
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Repository of science and nature images; Licensed CC BY 3.0
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Audio & Music
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Royalty-free music
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Free music downloads; Licensed Creative Commons
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Music and sound effects; free account required
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Media file repository of freely-licensed educational media content; Licensed Public Domain
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Need help downloading images or audio files? Email media@howardcc.edu
Descriptions [adapted] from SNHU's Library's Open Educational Resources (OER) page and Open Oregon Educational Resources Open Images page.