LibGuides: Digital Storytelling: Using Media

IMAGES

This overview explains why and how you can find images to use in course & personal projects.

Wikipedia's Public Domain Images List of sites with images in the public domain.
Wikimedia Commons All of the images you'll find here have clear information about permission for use. Many are in the public domain.
Flickr.com
Creative Commons
MulticolorEngine
Morguefile Contains free high resolution digital stock photography for use in all creative pursuits.
Compfight
Citing and Crediting Image Creators A step-by-step guide to help you do this.
Adding Photo Creds to Talk Slides Nice tutorial on how to include images credits on PowerPoint slides.
Europeana Offers over 20 million digital images from Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections -- all of which are in the public domain.

Here are some sites where you can download sound & music files.

Sounds

Phonography
A directory of resources for soundscape recordings and for public domain sound files ( look under "sounds")
The Freesound Project
A site of ambient and sound effects files that are available to the public (note you must register to use but it is free and open to all)

Music

Free Music Archive
an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. Conditions of use vary and are determined by the rightsholders themselves (see their FAQ for details).
Legal Music for Videos
The Creative Commons site maintains a list of links to sites offering music licensed under CC.
ccMixter
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
Jamendo
All the music on jamendo is available under one of the six Creative Commons licenses. They authorize free download and enable the artists to promote their music while protecting their rights.

Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
YouTube After your initial search, click on the link to filter your results, then click "creative commons" under Features.