Mass Digitization Projects
- Internet Archive
- Europeana
- DPLA: Digital Public Library of America
- Trove (Australia)
- Digital New Zealand
- Héritage (Canada)
- Canadiana.org (Canada)
- Haithi Trust (USA)
Sources of openly licensed photographs and illustrations
- Creative Commons search
- Provides a convenient access point to search other openly licensed image/media repositories. However, faculty/admin assistants will have to be careful to verify the CC license for any multi-media they use.
- Wikimedia Commons
- A collection of over 45 million media files such as images, sound files, and videos that are either in the public domain or use open licenses such as Creative Commons licenses.
- Europeana Collection
- This collection provides access to over 50 million digitized artworks, images, music, artifacts, and books from all over Europe. Each item lists its Creative Commons license and usage restrictions in a very clear manner.
- Pixabay
- Provides access to high-quality photos, illustrations, vector graphics, and even videos that are licensed with Creative Commons Zero licenses.
- Pexels
- Provides access to over 40,000 high quality free stock photos that are licensed with Creative Commons Zero licenses.
- Unsplash
- Provides access to over 300,000 high-resolution photos with Unsplash license (similar to a Creative Commons Zero license).
