Digital Scholarship - Online Tools & Resources

Unsplash

unsplash.com

Completely free to use bank of high quality images. Though you aren't required to give credit, but it is appreciated and, again, best practices should be encouraged whenever you use an image you did not create. From Unsplash: "Even though attribution isn’t required, Unsplash photographers appreciate it as it provides exposure to their work and encourages them to continue sharing."

Example: Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Openverse (formerly CC Search)

https://wordpress.org/openverse/

From Wordpress and Creative Commons, a search tool for looking for open source or public domain resources to reuse. Openverse aggregates from a variety of cultural heritage institutions as well as Flickr and Wikimedia Commons. Images on CC Search will tell you exactly how you can reuse and how you should cite them in your work. 

Example: "Standing Female Figure (Gheonga)" by Tsogho is licensed under CC BY 3.0" 

Free Music Archive 

freemusicarchive.org 

Free to use music. You can search by the specific license you need. Remember, cite the creators of music as well!  

Google Images Advanced Image Search

www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en 

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to the "Usage Rights" field. Select "Free to use or share" here. It is best to double-check that you can find usage rights on the actual image's website as well.

The Gender Spectrum Collection

genderphotos.vice.com

From Vice, this collection provides stock footage of trans and non-binary models. Photos are CC licensed, but there are also very specific usage guidelines to ensure that images are used respectfully. 

Smithsonian Open Access

https://www.si.edu/openaccess

Smithsonian's portal for discovering openly licensed images and content. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection

Select the collection titled "Open Access Artworks" to search for openly licensed content at the Met.

The New York Public Library

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/

Select the check box "Search only public domain materials" to limit your search.

The Wellcome Collection

https://wellcomecollection.org/collections

Use the license filter to find public domain and openly licensed content.