ImagesCopyright friendly images and media for educationWould you like to use a still or animated image or video clip in your PowerPoint presentation, or iLearn site? Public domain and open access websites contain a multitude of mixed media items which are royalty free, or have a creative commons licence. There are many websites which contain links to still images, clip art, video, animation and sound, and you do not need the copyright holder’s approval to use the material contained in these sites, however … Before you download any material from any internet site always check that you understand the Terms of Use of material on that site. Copyright information may also be found under other various headings such as: About Us, Conditions of Use, Permission, Copyright, FAQs or Legal obligations. Most sites require an acknowledgement, or inclusion of a copyright statement with the selected material. For example: You want to use an image from the following site: WorldImages At the top of the Home page is the statement: WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. At the bottom of the Home page is a copyright clause: Conditions of Use: You are free to use these images for non-profit educational purposes, but we ask that you give credit to the copyright holders who retain rights to the images. The selected image should be followed by the accompanying copyright information. 
Whaling Scroll. Detail of a mother whale & her baby.
c. 1800-1820, Edo, Japan.
New Bedford. Massachusets. New Bedford Whaling Museum. © Kathleen Cohen
Follow these links to locate 'free' images and media:Creative Commons
Creative commons provide access to licensed media that you can legally share and reuse for free. Generator
Generator is a creative studio space for teachers and students to explore exemplary work by their peers and industry professionals. Comment, tag, and share creative work and education resources. VAD The online resource for visual arts (free art and design images for education)
Access to collections of images which may be used for research or teaching purposes but if used for teaching must be restricted so that access is only available to users who have signed an appropriate undertaking. See the VAD Common Access Agreement for Individuals ( http://www.vads.ac.uk/common_access_agreement.html) Unprofound
A great collection of designer photos for personal or professional use only. Sunipix
Sunipix provide royalty free photographs (100 dpi) free of charge for personal and business needs. Pics4Learning
Copyright-friendly images for education. Microsoft Clipart
Microsoft Office clip art can be used for personal or educational use. Pixabay
A repository for outstanding public domain images. Ookaboo
Public domain or creative commons images that can be used freely for blogs, web sites and education. WorldImages
The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. Images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. ImageBase
You are free to distribute and modify these files as long as you attribute its author - David Niblack. morgueFile
Images on this site are made available for remixing only. Ars Publik
Images available on Ars Publik are in the public domain. Privacy and publicity rights may apply.
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