LibGuides: Digital Media: Multiple Media Types

Free Internet Sources for Multiple Media Types

There are many sources for media freely available online. Please be sure to check each site for copyright stipulations.

Creative Commons
Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. The Creative Commons includes music, video, writing, code, and other creative work.
Wikimedia Commons
A collection of images, sounds, and videos submitted by the public for common use.

Internet Archive This link opens in a new window
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages.

Government Sources for Multiple Media Types

Government works are not copyright protected. Government works are defined as work produced by an officer or employee of the United States government. Please be cautious here, as works produced by contractors are copyright protected.

Library of Congress Digital Collections
Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services