Devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.

Over 100,000 images that are copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research.

Most of the media in these collections are attached to generous copyright 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.

Note: always check individual licensing notices before publishing on the Web or broadcasting!

Copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.

Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses.

Creative Commons-licensed content for adaptation, modification or building upon.

Labeled for reuse with modification through Creative Commons.

Remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music.

Provides free loops and  audio clip downloads to the music production community.

“Remixing for the masses.”  All items are CC licensed, but license varies by track.

A database of freely usable media files.

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Teaching and learning resources from the federal government.  Includes animations, primary documents, photos and videos.

Historical photographs, albums, oral histories, moving images, maps, documents, physical objects, and other materials from libraries, museums and archives throughout our state.

Files you can use in the creation of web sites and other media, free of charge. There are different degrees of the license, and some of them are for private use only, or they may require that you include an attribution to the original creator. Make sure to read and understand the various licenses, and which one each file you discover uses.

Helping you do cool stuff with your digital photos since 2005.

From the Library of Congress, American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.