LibGuides: Copyright & Fair Use for Students: Public Domain content

Images

Creative Commons Search Search for images labeled with a Creative Commons license.
Wikimedia Commons A collection of thousands of freely usable images.

Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg offers over 57,000 free public domain books.
Bartleby.com Bartleby.com is a publisher of freely available books online.
Archive.org Archive.org offers over 15,000 freely downloadable books and texts.
Perseus Digital Library Perseus Digital Library contains free texts in the public domain, mostly relating to Classics.
Directory of Open Access Books The Directory of Open Access Books contains over 12,000 peer-reviewed books and chapters.
The Public Domain Review The Public Domain Review is an online journal dedicated to the exploration of works that are currently in the public domain.

Moving Image Archive Freely downloadable films provided by Archive.org
National Park Service B-Roll Archive This site has many public domain videos from the National Park Service sites.
Prelinger Archive This is found on the Internet Archive and offers access to many public domain movies and videos.

Digital History A research project by the University of Texas, University of Houston, and University of Hawaii to find, list, and provide access to historical music that is in the public domain.
Freesound Freesound is a collaborative database of audio samples released under Creative Commons licenses.
Partners in Rhyme Partners in Rhyme is a collection of royalty-free music and sound effects.

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