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Most of the media in these collections are attached to //generous// copyright licensing. (See [|Creative Commons Licensing].) Though you may not need to ask permission to use them when publishing on the Web for educational purposes, you should //**cite**// or attribute these images to their creators unless otherwise notified! If you see any copyright notices on these pages, read them for further instructions. Also visit our new **[|Thumbnail list]**. **Note: always check individual licensing notices before publishing on the Web or broadcasting!**

And for guidance in using **//copyrighted//** materials, consult the [|Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education] and the [|Copyright Advisory Network.] Consider using the Fair Use Reasoning Tool and the other learning materials on the Copyright Confusion Wiki.

Portals
 * [|Picdrome] Public Domain pictures. Copyright-free pictures under Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication license CC0.
 * [|Free Photo Gallery] - Free images under Creative Commons licence for public domain resources
 * [|Alegri Photos] Public domain and Creative Commons images
 * [|Copyright-friendly WebList] and [|Thumbnail list]
 * [|Flickr's Creative Commons Pool]: Browse through the images provided by Flickr users who have chosen to offer their pictures under a Creative Commons license. A [|Flickr Advanced Search] also allows you to search for these images easily.
 * [|Wylio]: //all-in-one picture finder and re-sizer made specifically for bloggers//
 * [|Flickr Storm] (select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu)
 * [|FlickrCC Blue Mountains] Displays attribution
 * [|Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool]
 * [|Veezzle]:free stock photo search engine, indexing free photos from big communities such as SXC, RGBStock, StockVault
 * [|Flickr Free Use Photos] Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
 * [|Beholdcc] Use the boxes before you search to select licensing
 * [|Creative Commons] A multimedia CC search, searches across [|Google], [|Flickr], [|Yahoo!], [|BlipTV], [|SpinXpress], and [|OWL Music Search], allowing searchers to specify a search for media to use to modify or for commercial purposes
 * [|Shahi Visual Dictionary] (check for licensing, many are CC and [|Wiktionary])
 * [|Flickr: The Commons] (contributions from major institutions)
 * [|Clipart ETC (University South Florida)]
 * [|openphoto]: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on //search// in the top bar
 * [|BurningWell] (public domain, high resolution photos)
 * [|25 Free Stock Photo Sites]
 * [|Photl]
 * [|Free Images Collection] (No Copyright, High Resolution, Free Images)
 * [|Wellcome Images] (medical and social images)
 * [|26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog]
 * [|Creativity103.com] (abstract backgrounds)
 * [|Photos8] (public domain photos and backgrounds)
 * [|OpenClipArt.org]
 * [|Public Domain Clipart]
 * [|Sevenload.com]
 * [|VADS: Free Art and Design Images for Education] (Read Terms of Use)
 * [|US Government Photos and Multimedia] Most materials is in the public domain, but read the disclaimers.
 * [|Library of Congress Photo Stream on Flickr] Goals--To **increase access** to publicly-held photography collections and to provide a way for the general public to **contribute information and knowledge**. (Check for licensing on individual images.)
 * [|Yahoo Creative Commons Search]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons]: A database of 14 [|freely usable] media files to which [|anyone can contribute].
 * [|Images by type]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Science]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Nature]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Society]
 * [|Free Digital Photos]
 * [|Pics4Learning] Copyright friendly images for education
 * [|GetMedia]
 * [|MorgueFile]provides the public and creative community with free photos..
 * [|Free Pixels:]images may be used for both personal and commercial purposes under the limitations of this license
 * [|Free Photos Bank]
 * [|stock.xchng]
 * [|PD Photo]
 * [|Public Domain Pictures] - high resolution photos and illustrations under public domain license
 * [|Public Domain Images] Public domain images (copyright friendly -safe images), royalty free stock photos. All photos on this site are top quality high resolution public domain images, explicitly placed in the public domain.
 * [|FreeFoto.com]
 * [|4 Free Photos] - collection of over 700 free images offered by the photographer
 * [|Free Photo 1]
 * [|OurMedia]
 * [|FreeMediaGoo]
 * [|AnimalPhotos.info]
 * [|CarPictures.cc]
 * [|Images for Education] (for UK higher ed.)
 * [|Black and White Clipart]
 * [|Open Image Bank - free photos] - hundreds of free photos and images for any use. Very simple to use, no registration needed.
 * Military Dogtag Generator - Customized dogtag image generator including chains and silencers.


 * Other portals (some subject-specific)**
 * [|Smithsonian Flickr PhotoStream]
 * [|PBase World Gallery] (amateur photos organized by country)
 * [|Digital Librarian Images] (check for licensing)
 * [|Flickr-Related Tag Search] (not all CC)
 * [|Free Military Photos]
 * [|GeekPhilosopher]
 * [|American Memory Collection]: Library of Congress. (click on "Photos and Prints" and check the "Copyright and Restrictions" section for each collection)
 * [|American Memory Maps Collection]
 * [|America From the Great Depression to World War II: FSA/OWI 1935-1945] American Memory collection
 * [|Art Images for College Teaching]
 * [|Centre for Bioscience ImageBank]
 * [|Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839-1864]
 * [|Department of Agriculture Image Gallery]
 * [|Department of the Interior Photo Resources Library]
 * [|Graphic Maps.com]
 * [|Great Images in NASA (GRIN)]
 * [|Incomptech -] Royalty Free Music; Search by Genre or "Feel" of Music
 * [|Images of American Political History]
 * [|Internet Moving Images Archive] (read Conditions of Use)
 * [|Metropolitan Museum of Art] (Please read [|copyright info)]
 * [|NARA's Search Tools]
 * [|NARA's (National Archives and Records Administration) NAIL Search]
 * [|NASA Image Exchange]
 * [|NASA Multimedia Gallery]
 * [|NASA's Planetary Photojournal]
 * [|National Health Museum](AccessExcellence)
 * [|NIH Image Bank]
 * [|National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine]
 * [|Picture Collection Online] (New York Public Library)
 * [|NOAA Photo Library] (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
 * [|NOAA - National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library]
 * [|Public Health Image Gallery]
 * [|Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography]
 * [|Science Images (Earth Zone)]
 * [|Selected Civil War Photographs]
 * [|Springer Images] (scientific images with liberal licensing, read the Copyright restrictions)
 * [|Training Reference: Images for Learning Materials]
 * [|US Air Force Link: Photos and Art]
 * [|US Fish and Wildlife Services Images]
 * [|US Geological Service Photographic Library]
 * [|US Navy Images]
 * [|USDA Historical Photos]
 * [|UTOPIA (UT Austin) Portrait Gallery] (historical figures)
 * [|Pics4Learning]
 * [|University of Cambridge List of Freely Available Images Links]
 * [|EduPic Graphical Resource - Free Photographs and Graphics for Education]

Also of interest:
 * [|Photo Tampering Throughout History]
 * [|Sound Map of the World]
 * [|iStockphoto]
 * [|Dreamstime] (free and low cost stock images)

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