When choosing photos, clip art, sound files, videos, or any other visual or multimedia content online, be sure to begin with resources in the public domain  or Creative Commons; these are resources that are available to you without charge  — and without the risk of breaking copyright.

If you locate an image on the worldwide web that seems suspicious, try the image evaluation tools.

TOP TIPS:

• Begin with the search tools below.
• Check with your teacher whether formal or information citations are required.  Citation generators linked on our library web page will help you generate formal citations for multimedia sources.  The attribution links below the sources below will help you provide a more informal credit to the source — called attribution.   If no guide is provide, check out these best practices for attribution or see the teacher-librarian for help.

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AI & Fake Image Detectors

Copyright-free Photos, Graphics, and Videos

Library of photos and clip art. Beside Usage Rights at the bottom, select Creative Commons Licenses after entering your search terms.

Library of photos and videos. Includes attribution information.

Library of photos and clip art. Attribution automatically adds with downloaded image.

Clipart, Vectors, Illustrations, Photos, GIFs, and Videos, Includes attribution information.

A library of animated and still icons/graphics. Includes attribution rules.

Includes photos and videos,free to modify/remix. Attribution automatically adds with downloaded image.

Copyright-free Music and Sound Effects

Choose from over 30,000 original tracks. Provides attribution rules.

Includes 22 categories of music to search. Includes full attribution information.

A library of music by independent artists: pop, rock, electronic, jazz, indie, hip hop, instrumentals and more. Provides attribution rules.

Search by genre, mood, or artist. Download includes attribution information.

Includes a library of music and sound effects. Includes limited attribution details (creator, date of creation, title of work)